#truth

Truth is what works. ↗

— William James

#truth is #works

...a great man. But...not quite great enough. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#great-men #not-good-enough #the-sad-truth #unfortunate #men

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul? ↗

— Socrates

#philosophy #socrates #truth #wisdom #money

Don't Worry Be Happy ↗

— Meher Baba

#life #nonmind-yoga #perfect-masters #poetry #sufi

And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#oppression #suppression #truth #courage

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. ↗

— Josh Billings

#exaggeration #lying #people #some #some people

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. ↗

— Josh Billings

#been #demand #excess #scarce #supply

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#tell #truth #want #world #you

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#hearing #people #platitude #repeated #simply

I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#diversity #i #i am #much #struck