#rut

The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#also #barbarism #being #brutalized #characterized

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth. ↗

— Gerald Vann

#distorting #history #long #long succession #say

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#eternal #facts #truths

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#last #mankind #resort #then #truths

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly. ↗

— Antisthenes

#dearly #enemy #friend #his #lost

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. ↗

— George Orwell

#back #his #look #say #truth

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ↗

— George Orwell

#deceit #revolutionary #telling #telling the truth #time

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything. ↗

— Lee Atwater

#brotherhood #everything #good #humanity #i

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

#familiar #fully #important #know #man

It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God. ↗

— Albert Barnes

#christian #convinced #does #god #great