In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.

We have but one permanent home: heaven – that’s still the old truth that we always have to re-learn – and it’s only through the impact of sad experiences that we assimilate it.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

What if nothing exists and we’re all in somebody’s dream?

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

There’s place and means for every man alive.

The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.

I sometimes ask people, ‚Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you’re having, not the emotions that you’re having, but the very presence of your very being?‘ You become aware of your own presence by sensing the entire energy field in your body that is alive. And that is the totality of your presence.

People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don’t. I feel that it’s quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees have souls as well.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

You may say, ‚Well, dragons don’t exist.‘ It’s, like, yes they do – the category ‚predator‘ and the category ‚dragon‘ are the same category. It absolutely exists. It’s a superordinate category. It exists absolutely more than anything else. In fact, it really exists.

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

I don’t want people to think of me as sexy.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Tell the children the truth.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Part of the reason there’s an injunction to the truth, for example, is that if you’re in a circumstance of extreme uncertainty, your best weapon, let’s say, or your best tool or your best defense is the truth, because it keeps things simpler.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it’s a better way of telling the stories.

The narrow bandwidth of TV has made us think that we are stupider than we are.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

Contention existed before the earth was formed.

I guess it’s flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

What is the Tao Te Ching? Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses which are regarded by many as the ultimate commentary on the nature of existence.

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Can the mind see the truth of its own incapacity to know the unknown? Surely if I see very clearly that my mind cannot know the unknown, there is absolute quietness.

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

You don’t have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

Truth is what works.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

The truth is lived, not taught.

You are a child of the sun, you come from the sun, and that is something true with the Earth also… your relationship with the Earth is so deep, and the Earth is in you and this is something not very difficult, much less difficult then philosophy.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

The way people look at me these days – that’s the same way I looked at President Obama before I met him. We tend to forget that people who’ve attained a certain position are human.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

Don’t think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn’t happen. If that’s the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty.