#truth

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way. ↗

— June Jordan

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Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. ↗

— June Jordan

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In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way. ↗

— June Jordan

#deep #each #feel #get #herself

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth. ↗

— June Jordan

#created #greatest #hoping #other #possible

It does not require many words to speak the truth. ↗

— Chief Joseph

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Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

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The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may. ↗

— Jack Kemp

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Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#knowing #life #living #truth #way

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#dissemination #education #goal #knowledge #truth

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you. ↗

— Vanessa Kerry

#away #believe #best #do your best #fight