I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else’s, but behind all of them, there’s only one truth and that is that there’s no truth,
Flannery O'Connor
Related I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them th... FLANNERY O'CONNOR There are all kinds of truth ... but behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that the... FLANNERY O'CONNOR I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's, but behind all of them, there... FLANNERY O'CONNOR There are two kinds of truth, small truth and great truth. You can recognize a small truth because i... NEILS BOHR Many people are so eager to reveal the truth to the world for the sake of the truth, including me. B... TOBA BETA All churches and all religions contain aspects of the truth, but only God is truth. PAT BUCKLEY The truth is that there’s something unique about each and every one of us. Everyone has a superpow... LIZZIE VELáSQUEZ There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. On... MARTIN LUTHER And as much as I’d like to believe there’s a truth beyond illusion, I’ve come to believe that ... DONNA TARTT I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possibl... KATHY ACKER Facts an' facts, an' t'ings an t'ings: dem's all a lotta fockin' bullshit. Hear me! Dere is no truth... BOB MARLEY It's kind of hard to retain the feminine. I have so much respect for the feminine, but it's ... LAUREN SOUTHERN The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth. HERMANN HESSE There is a lie that acts like a virus within the mind of humanity. And that lie is, ‘There’s not... MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH But the truth is that no person ever understands another, from beginning to end of life, there is no... ORSON SCOTT CARD I've always been someone who's believed in truth. I believe truth exists. I don't believ... JONATHAN JACKSON Smartass Disciple: But, you said that it's the truth?? Master of Stupidity: O Yes. That is yest... TOBA BETA What you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth. Your truth is i... LINDA ELLINOR 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. JOHN KEATS Every one of us can do something about the truth. You can at least stand for the truth wherever you ... SUNDAY ADELAJA I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth. MOLLY IVINS No one writes dialect better than Flannery O'Connor. No one should even try. DAVID SEDARIS I was vaguely aware that same of those around me thought that this pairing of explorations was contr... FRANCIS S. COLLINS There are many kinds of truth: societal truths, religious truths, fundamental truths, scientific tru... DEBASISH MRIDHA M.D. And though there’s a grain of truth in every rumor, I’ve found that the worst gossip usually sta... KATHLEEN O'DELL Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art, if it be art, will te... D.H. LAWRENCE The thing about stereotypes as we all know, there is often truth in them, but it's almost always... ALEX TIZON Just like freedom, Truth is not cheap. Yet both are worth more than all the gold in the world. But w... SUZY KASSEM The truth of scientific research, just like the truth behind many equally complex areas of study, is... ANONYMOUS The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all... MAX BORN The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same ti... DAVID BOWIE One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of w... ANNE HUTCHINSON Sometimes there’s nothing worse than the truth. It can be harder and sharper and hurt more than a ... RICHARD KADREY Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. JOHN LOCKE Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me c... LEO TOLSTOY I love historical fiction because there's a literal truth, and there's an emotional truth, a... JEWELL PARKER RHODES Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know JOHN KEATS I don't think that any government has a right to subvert the truth or to cover up the truth, and... PAUL WATSON All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. RICHARD AVEDON All truth is parallel; All truth is untrue. ROZZ WILLIAMS Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be... DEAN KOONTZ Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in o... HU SHIH Beauty is truth, truth beauty, --that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. JOHN KEATS Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know JOHN KEATS There is truth in stories,” said Arthur. “There is truth in one of your paintings, boy or in a s... CASSANDRA CLARE The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and ... CHANAKYA Truth is best (of all that is) good. As desired, what is being desired is truth for him who (represe... ZOROASTER What is truth" I was asked. "Truth is neither good nor bad. Neither evil nor pure. It just is." That... C. JOYBELL C. I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of tru... BRIAN ALDISS The kinds of truth that art gives us many, many times are small truths. They don't have the reso... SEAMUS HEANEY Jesus made waves. He spoke the truth, did the truth, lived the truth. Maybe that's the secret to fre... JUSTIN STECKBAUER The truth is that no one is truthful these days! RAMANA PEMMARAJU Go forth and preach impostures to the world,
But give them truth to build on. DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI") Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth. DAVID LEVITHAN They say that there is "kernel of truth I every stereotype" But fools ignore the truth to gain accep... TROY J. GAINEY When you manipulate the truth, it is no long the truth. There is no such thing as a half truth or an... BOBBY W. MILLER Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth or the only truth. CHARLES ANDERSON DANA Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth. CHARLES A DANA Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth. CHARLES A. DANA Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth or the only truth. CHARLES A. DANA There is no truth. There is only perception. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT I gave them all the truth and none of the honesty. COLUM MCCANN When we believe in lies, we cannot see the truth, so we make thousands of assumptions and we take th... DON MIGUEL RUIZ TRUTH." "Maybe there is a universal truth embedded in everyone's soul. Maybe we all have the sa... DAN BROWN Is your life story the truth? Yes, the chronological events are true. Is it the whole truth? No, you... RASHEED OGUNLARU There are no secrets.' The thing smiled, showing a row of even, childlike teeth. 'None worth keeping... DAVID HEWSON In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the trut... MICHAEL MUSTO The truth is that we are all born to do great things, but only some believe it. MAHMOOD HASHIMI Truth is absolute, no matter what your truth says it is. TRAVIS J HEDRICK It is an undisputed truth of the modern age that there are now only two kinds of people in the world... LINDSEY KELK All minorities sadly look down on one another, but the truth is, there is only one real minority, an... ENRIQUE VEGA The act is truth. Nothing that was ever recorded is truth. Nothing that was ever said is truth. Only... JACK BOWMAN I can't reply in detail but have furnished all details to them. There is no truth in the allegations... JAGMOHAN DALMIYA Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy. F. MULDER The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking o... SUSAN SONTAG I think the truth is black-and-white. NANCY GRACE The investigation of the truth is in one way hard, in another easy. An indication of this is found i... ARISTOTLE There is no technology to shatter truth or master truth. APURVA GAGLANI Behind every truth lies a hidden truth. AARON SANTOS Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fra... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI We spend all our time looking for some concept of Truth, but Truth is what is left when we drop all ... DAVID MERZEL You find that all men are successes or failures. Success is the stamp of truth. I will say all men w... ANDREW TAYLOR STILL Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Great is truth, and strongest of all. BIBLE Without the human my friend, truth has no value whatsoever. So, do not be blinded by the false glory... ABHIJIT NASKAR Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate. KATHLEEN NORRIS Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate KATHLEEN NORRIS There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The ... RAYMOND CHANDLER There is no original truth, only original error. GASTON BACHELARD All history is one continuous pestilence. There is no truth and there is no illusion. There is nowhe... ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth t... BRIAN ALDISS The only power that can exalt a nation is the truth of God, and the only time truth exalt is when it... SUNDAY ADELAJA Intelligence has no attachment to the opinion it has formed, but only to the truth it may contain; a... MARY WORLEY MONTAGU There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect. KEN STARR Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. MAHATMA GANDHI My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s word defines truth. My... JOHN PIPER But O the truth, the truth. The many eyes That look on it! The diverse things they see. GEORGE MEREDITH I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view. ALLEN GINSBERG Truth is universal. Perception of truth varies. BOHDI SANDERS There is no truth to that rumor. SEN. ROOSEVELT DAVID
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ERIN O'CONNOR Cycling is a great way to learn about your city. I love being outdoors, especially in good weather, ... ERIN O'CONNOR A girl must have an indefinable magic, real character, a strong sense of self. Her role is to respon... ERIN O'CONNOR I lead a very busy life and don't have a lot of time, so my skincare needs to be easy and portab... ERIN O'CONNOR It makes me cross when I hear people say, 'It's so last season.' I always say, 'It... ERIN O'CONNOR I've been on both sides: the victim and the villain. I was the victimised model, and everything ... ERIN O'CONNOR Winter is my favourite season. ERIN O'CONNOR My style has been nurtured over time. It's more about knowing what doesn't suit you. I love ... ERIN O'CONNOR My perfect bag would be practical but also have the stylish element to it; it would be bold and colo... ERIN O'CONNOR Life is full of surprises but you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Start there. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Life's unpredictable path and length, should be enough to make you want to take a chance. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns ... SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficul... SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR What if one thing resonates with everybody, but it's not the same for anybody? MARK ALLEN O'CONNOR Breaking, in modern psychology, 'learned helplessness.' This is where you crush an animal's desire t... REBECCA K. O'CONNOR