#rut

Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God. ↗

— James M. Baldwin

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I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#authority #been #best #given #help

We all know we're one day closer to the end when we wake up in the morning. We just kid ourselves that it's not happening. ↗

— Rachel Ward

#end #fools #life #living #over

But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken. ↗

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

#dream #friends #gain #matters #sake

My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#believe #better #carefully #choose #here

However cozy things seemed, the facts of life were the same. You couldn't escape death: It would get us all in the end. ↗

— Rachel Ward

#end #escape #life #numbers #rachel-ward

I don't want to help a politician revise the truth. ↗

— Terry Gross

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What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#condition #contradiction #full #i #live

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#certainties #comfort #i #love #me

No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth. ↗

— Martha Beck

#good #how #matter #may #nothing