#truth

This, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses. ↗

— Holly Black

#lies #life #truth #life

The truth is, it's really only okay to be yourself if that self is within an accepted range of 'normal'. ↗

— Stacey Kade

#life #normal #reality #the-ghost-and-the-goth #truth

You don't deserve to understand truth if all that you want is just the normal life. ↗

— Toba Beta

#normal-life #truth #life

There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties. ↗

— Toba Beta

#politics #truth #world #life

Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that the mere fact of our existence should keep us all in a state of contented dazzlement. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#life #probability #statistically #truth #life

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth, a life full of the most atrocious tortures on earth, will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#christianity #suffering #time #truth #life

There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer. ↗

— John Grisham

#life

Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#truth #life

Today wouldn't have happened if histories weren't falsified. ↗

— Toba Beta

#falsified #histories #knowledge #life #people

The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From this irreducible, bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. This is the foundation from which life is embraced. Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way of grasping reality—it is our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#sword-of-truth #life