Quotes about Knowing Truth

The book, that stubbornly unelectric artifact of pure typography, possesses resources conducive to the flourishing of the soul. A thoughtful reading of the printed text orients one to a world of order, meaning, and the possibility of knowing truth. Votes: 3

If a man has to ask for your trust, it's a sure sign that you should not give it. Trust should be earned inherently, without any verbal demands. Trust is knowing a man's character, knowing truth, and relying on that character and truth even when the odds seem against you. Votes: 3

..the real world's all we've got. Believers in the supernatural claim to have special wisdom about the world. But real wisdom means knowing truth from falsehood, knowing the difference between evidence and wishful thinking. Yes, the real world is mysterious and sometimes frightening. But would the supernatural make it better? The real world has beauty, poetry, love and the joy of honest discovery. Isn't that enough? Votes: 3

Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing. Votes: 1

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good. Votes: 1

The older you get, of course, the knowingness of the truth - the ownership of knowing - is louder. Votes: 1

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living. Votes: 1

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. Votes: 1

You need not wonder at my knowing all human languages; for, to tell you the truth, I also understand all the secrets of human silence. Votes: 1

How hard have those intolerant of John Adams's perspective worked to strip from young people any hope of knowing the concepts and truths that help deal with life? Votes: 1

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it. Votes: 1

Part of the fun of life is interacting with people and not knowing what the truth is inside. Letting them reveal that to you is what binds you to people. Votes: 1

It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am eliminated, there won't be any way of knowing. Votes: 1

Even though writing articles relies completely on truth, you still must tell an interesting story. You can't worry about people knowing who you are and whether or not they want to read your stories. Votes: 1

Like our attitude to love, truth and goodness, we seem to be confident about knowing what beauty is - certain, even dogmatic - until we think hard about the idea, whereupon all confidence flies away. Votes: 1

Knowing so many people like myself who are singers and in traveling bands, the people you're in a relationship with feel slighted because they feel you're giving all your energy to your fans, and there's a lot of truth to that. Votes: 1

Only by a frank discussion of the very details of dying can we best deal with those aspects that frighten us the most. It is by knowing the truth... that we rid ourselves of that fear of the terra incognita of death. Votes: 1

This commitment to truth is something one senses more and more Americans yearning for, just as they are becoming more and more sophisticated at knowing when the truth is being obscured - an irony that seems to elude most of today's elected officials. Votes: 1

I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing that when I'm interviewing somebody, I'm getting a combination of fact and truth and self-mythology and self-delusion and selective memory and faulty memory. Votes: 1

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. Votes: 1

Namely, we have no right to believe a thing true because everybody says so unless there are good grounds for believing that some one person at least has the means of knowing what is true, and is speaking the truth so far as he knows it. Votes: 1

I can tell you that the book 'The Ugly Truth' is about puberty and all the awfulness that comes with that time in a person's life. It was definitely some different subject matter to be writing about, especially knowing some of my audience are second and third graders. Votes: 1

Once I realized the emptiness of life apart from knowing God, when I embraced God and the truth of the gospel and the truth of the Bible, it was a no-brainer decision to see that that was a treasure that was infinitely more valuable than some sort of an atheistic Hollywood party life. Votes: 1

Knowing the truth is not always a kindness. Votes: 0

The truth is scary, but knowing nothing is crippling. Votes: 0

We do not know a truth without knowing its cause. Votes: 0

Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing... Votes: 0

Knowing all truth is less than doing a little bit of good. Votes: 0

Knowing the Truth is not based on knowledge, but on being "it". Votes: 0

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away. Votes: 0

To breath through the truth is not the same with knowing it. Votes: 0

the worst part about being lied to is knowing you werent worth the truth Votes: 0

Truth is verifiable only by identity with it and not by knowing about it. Votes: 0

the worst thing about being lied to is knowing you weren't worth the truth. Votes: 0

Knowing the truth. Feeling the truth. And acting on the truth. Are three very separate entities, Votes: 0

Knowing the Truth is Fairly Useless. Feeling it is Profound. Living it Makes All the Difference. Votes: 0

Knowing the self is the biggest truth. If we find the truth within, we have found God. Votes: 0

Knowing the truth has meaning only as a first step to living the truth day by day. Votes: 0

If I had the choice of knowing the truth or searching for the truth, I'd take the search. Votes: 0

Truth is a remarkable thing. We cannot miss knowing some of it. But we cannot know it entirely. Votes: 0

Knowing the truth is so minuscule compared to having the nerve to say itand even more to live it. Votes: 0

This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience. Votes: 0

Knowing the truth is so minuscule compared to having the nerve to say it...and even more to live it. Votes: 0

This is faith, receiving the truth of Christ; first knowing it to be true, and then acting upon that belief. Votes: 0

Knowing something may be a terrible burden to bear, but it holds no danger to them as aren't afraid of truth. Votes: 0

Real integrity comes from knowing oneself and believing in truth, without compromise, and no matter how challenging. Integrity is a beautiful thing. Votes: 0

. . . is to attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness. It cannot be. Votes: 0

The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night. Votes: 0

There's truth in wine, and there may be some in gin and muddy beer; but whether it's truth worth my knowing, is another question. Votes: 0

the body, seeking truth, sends a signal. But decoding it, interpreting its meaning, and knowing how to proceed from there is another matter entirely. Votes: 0

..while I was happy enough to pray to any god, knowing that they were simply different faces created by men, of one indivisible truth. Votes: 0

My religion is to seek for truth in life and for life in truth, even knowing that I shall not find them while I live. Votes: 0

When some passion or effect is described in a natural style, we find within ourselves the truth of what we hear, without knowing it was there. Votes: 0

Suffering can serve us. Suffering tests our trust in God's promises. And we have a great interest in knowing the truth about our trust in Him. Votes: 0

Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as well. Votes: 0

My mother is a firm believer in the long pause, useful in interrogations, proclamations of truth, and the occasional cutting dead of someone without their knowing it. Votes: 0

The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal causation, perceives the self-existance of Truth and Right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well. Votes: 0

the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that Votes: 0

Knowing belongs to man's intellect or reason; loving belongs to his will. The object of the intellect is truth; the object of the will is goodness or love. Votes: 0

The truth may hurt, but lies-they're vicious. They hide coiled up inside you, ready to strike without warning, without your even knowing they're there. Until it's too late. Votes: 0

Safety is a fence, and fences are for sheep. I would rather die at twenty-two, knowing the truth, then live in a cage of lies for a hundred years. Votes: 0

Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Votes: 0

Christianity is not a doctrine, not truth as truth, but the knowledge of a Person; it is knowing the Lord Jesus. You cannot be educated into being a Christian. Votes: 0

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important. Votes: 0