#rut

We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#compulsion #ignorance #nothing #receive #resist

Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries. ↗

— Henry Wotton

#confound #puzzle #tell #truth #your

No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so. ↗

— Xenophanes

#chance #done #even #ever #had

I believe that in the end the truth will conquer. ↗

— John Wycliffe

#conquer #end #i #i believe #i believe that

She told me she loved me. She told me a lot of things. Some of those things were true, and some of those may or may not have been true. It’s kind of hard to tell, because to be honest, I wasn’t listening.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#distracted #distraction #funny #humor #listening

What a glorious promise! . . . There is no need for you or for me, in this enlightened age when the fulness of the gospel has been restored, to sail uncharted seas or to travel unmarked roads in search of truth. A loving Heavenly Father has plotted our course and provided an unfailing guide--even obedience. A knowledge of truth and the answers to our greatest questions come to us as we are obedient to the commandments of God" ("Obedience Brings Blessings," April 2013 General Conference). ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#god #gospel #truth #age

Places draw us to them for reasons beyond the feelings derived from the five senses...some deeper recognition is at work, felt throough an unextinguishable animal sensibility. ↗

— Peter & Alison Smithson

#italian-thoughts #new-brutalism #territory #architecture

Fine art is something wonderful that's left long into the future ... eternal beauty. ↗

— Masashi Kishimoto

#humor #naruto #sasori #art

I want pictures like these. The kind that can capture a moment, make it real, make it last. I need pictures that do more than reflect. I need pictures that are truth. ↗

— Lisa Magnum

#photography #truth #art

On the whole, lying is a cheerful affair. Embellishments are intended to give pleasure. People long to tell you what they imagine you want to hear. They want to amuse you; they want to amuse themselves; they want to show you a good time. This is beyond hospitality. This is art. ↗

— Isabel Fonseca

#lies #life #lying #truth #art