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Sunday, September 29th, 2024
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Truth'

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On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.
David Hyde Pierce, American Actor (1959-  )
People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
Abbe Pierre, French Clergyman (1912-2007)
The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold.
Albert Pike, American Lawyer (1809-1891)
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Albert Pike, American Lawyer (1809-1891)
Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.
Albert Pike, American Lawyer (1809-1891)
The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.
Kenneth L. Pike, American Sociologist (1912-2000)
There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.
Kenneth L. Pike, American Sociologist (1912-2000)
When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.
Kenneth L. Pike, American Sociologist (1912-2000)
Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language.
Kenneth L. Pike, American Sociologist (1912-2000)
This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.
Peace Pilgrim, American Activist (1908-1981)
Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
Pindar, Greek Poet
The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.
Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher (1928-  )
Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go.
Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher (1928-  )
It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away. Puzzling.
Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher (1928-  )
I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It is the truth.
Brad Pitt, Actor (1963-  )
It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
Max Planck, German Scientist (1858-1947)
A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Max Planck, German Scientist (1858-1947)
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Max Planck, German Scientist (1858-1947)
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Plato, Greek Philosopher
Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
Plato, Greek Philosopher
 
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