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“Sanctify them by means of the truth; your word is truth.”– Jesus Christ– John 17:17– Apostle John – The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. – Blaise Pascal

Pretty much all the honest truth-telling is done by children – Oliver Wendall Holmes

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has had a chance to put its boots on. – Winston Churchill

Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented. – Georges Braque

I always have been on the side of the heretics, against those who burned them, because the heretics so often turned out to be right…Dead, but right. – Edward R. Murrow

Adversity is the first path to truth. – Mohandas Gandhi

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. – Mark Twain

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. – Isaac Newton

If we silence opinion, we may be silencing the truth. – John Stuart Mill

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by men. – William Ralph Inge          

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. – Carol Burnett

If God didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. – Voltaire

Every violation of truth is not only suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whoever sets himself up as a Judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. – Albert Einstein

Below the naval is neither religion nor truth. – Italian Proverb                    

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. – Eleanor Roosevelt  

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and simple. – Oscar Wilde 

Censorship is ineffectual; ideas spread in a society despite restrictions. – John Milton – AEROPAGITICA

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 “This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one you sent, Jesus Christ.” – Apostle John – Jesus Christ (His final prayer the night before he died) – John 17:3 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth. – Sigmund Freud

To believe in something and not live it is dishonest. – Mohandas Gandhi

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time. – Abraham Lincoln

You don’t have to be a cow to know what milk is. – Ann Landers

By and large, language is a tool for concealing truth. – George Carlin

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something beautiful, or discover something that is true. – William Ralph Inge

Eighty per cent of all questions are statements in disguise. – Dr. Phil McGraw

If our personal security is shaken by deception, lives can be shattered.  Trust is impossible without truth. – Leo Buscaglia – LOVING EACH OTHER

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wished we didn’t. – Erica Jong

The difference between reality and fiction—fiction has to make sense. – Tom Clancy

“We artists love praise, but we love truth even better.” – Robert Shaw (Henry VIII) to Paul Schofield (Sir Thomas Moore) in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

Morality is truth in full bloom. – Victor Hugo

We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat. – Martin Luther King Jr.          

It would seem to me that the main question about absolute truth is – Is it true because you believe it, or do you believe because it is true? – Gary Pulliam

*The knowledge of error helps the knowing of truth; in knowing error the truth is confirmed. – John Milton – AEROPAGITICA

A wrong opinion may contain part of the truth we seek. – John Stuart Mill

People seldom do what they believe in.  They do what is convenient—then repent. – Bob Dylan

I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right. – Andy Rooney

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. – George Carlin

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“And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” – Jesus Christ –  John 8:32  – Apostle John – HOLY SCRIPTURES

The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.  – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Somehow, I just don’t trust advertisements that say, “People just like you.”  I hope to goodness that there is no one just like me. – Gary Pulliam

Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous. – Albert Eisenstein

Commonly held opinions are not held rationally.  They are prejudiced until we are forced to defend them. – John Stuart Mill

A lie travels round the world while TRUTH is putting her boots on. – French Proverb

The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose.    – Rick Sherman

I’ve learned that love, not time, heals old wounds. – Andy Rooney          

The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry.  – John Jensen                                                                                      

There is no government on earth that educates its citizens like the Kingdom. – A brother on JW.org TV broadcast

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out that there isn’t, than live as if there isn’t and to find out there is. – Albert Camus

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. – Aldous Huxley

If the prelates (appointed clergy) set aside the commandments of God and enjoin their own man-made commands, what they do and command is of no avail. – Wessel Gansfort (Dutch religious scholar) – published around 1520 - 1522          

If 50,000,000 people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. – Anatole Francoise

Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism. – Hunter S. Thompson

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. – Confucius

Our job is only to hold up the mirror – to tell and show the public what happened. – Walter Cronkite

True faith is the belief in the reality of absolute values. – William Ralph Inge    

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“Go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are going through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped is the road leading off into life, and few are those finding it.” – Jesus Christ (Sermon on the Mount) showing a minority would gain salvation. – Matt. 7:13, 14 – Writer apostle Matthew – HOLY SCRIPTURES

We call first truths those we discover after all others. – Albert Camus

In a time for universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. – George Orwell

Censorship is hostile to the truth; in an atmosphere of censorship, people won’t think for themselves and the “waters of truth” will stagnate into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. – John Milton – AEROPAGITACA

At the moment of truth, there is neither reasons or results. – Chuck Yeager

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk. – Edward W. Howe

“What is truth?” - Pilate, cynically, to Jesus Christ during his trial. - John 18:38 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

Human identity is the most fragile thing we have, and it’s often only found in the moment of truth. – Alan Rudolf (Film director)

We do not err because it is difficult to see.  It is visable at a glance.  We err because this is more comfortable. – Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can. – Owen Meredith

Nobody in the world possesses absolute truth.  This is God’s attribute alone.  Relative truth is all we know.  Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray. – Mohandas Gandhi

It takes two to speak truth; one to speak and one to listen. – Henry David Thoreau

Unless commonly held opinions are forced to be defended from time to time, they lose their vitality. – John Stuart Mill

The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh. – Carl Reiner

Beyond the doubt, truth bears the same as relation to falsehood as light to darkness. – Leonardo da Vinci

The search for truth is more precious than its possession. – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing                                                                    

Logic is the art of making truth prevail. – Jean de la Bruyere

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. – Victor Hugo

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“Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are of serious concern, whatever things are righteous, whatever things are chaste, whatever things are lovable, whatever things are well-spoken of, whatever things are virtuous, and whatever things are praise-worthy, continue considering these things.” – Apostle Paul – Phil. 4:8 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but on error also. – Carl Jung

What people believe prevails over the truth. – Sophocles

All truth passes through three stages.  First, it is ridiculed.  Second, it is violently opposed.  Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. – Arthur Schopenhauer

Women never really have to face the truth when their heart is involved. – Anthony Hopkins (Is he kidding?)

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes. – Maimonides

Even if you are a minority of ONE, the truth is the truth. – Mohandas Gandhi

The thing you fear most has no power.  Your fear of it is what has power. Facing the truth really will set you free. – Oprah Winfrey

Truth will ultimately prevail where there are pains to bring it to light. – George Washington

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. – H. L. Mencken

You never find yourself until you face the truth. – Pearl Bailey

Truth is beautiful, without a doubt, but so are lies. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth. – Todd Wagner

Colonel Jessup (Jack Nicholson): “You want answers?” Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise): "I WANT THE TRUTH!” Colonel Jessup: “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!” - Aaron Sorkin (Screenplay) - A FEW GOOD MEN - 1992