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Sunday, September 29th, 2024
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Quotations regarding 'Truth'

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Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.
Roy Orbison, American Musician (1936-1988)
Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in.
Origen, Theologian
Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured.
Origen, Theologian
We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, even should he go over the whole field and omit nothing, is always speaking the one word.
Origen, Theologian
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.
George Orwell, British Author (1903-1950)
The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.
George Orwell, British Author (1903-1950)
No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy.
George Orwell, British Author (1903-1950)
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell, British Author (1903-1950)
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell, British Author (1903-1950)
There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.
William Osler, Canadian Scientist (1849-1919)
In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.
William Osler, Canadian Scientist (1849-1919)
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.
William Osler, Canadian Scientist (1849-1919)
It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.
James Otis, American Lawyer (1725-1783)
I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth.
James Otis, American Lawyer (1725-1783)
Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.
Ovid, Poet
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
Thomas Paine, English Writer (1737-1809)
But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
Thomas Paine, English Writer (1737-1809)
Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality.
Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist (1961-  )
I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.
Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist (1961-  )
When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.
Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban Athlete (1964-  )
 
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