“One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.”
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“The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.”
“I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.”
“It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God.”
“I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us but, with the help of God, we will prevail.”
“For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.”
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”
“Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.”
“Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.”
“Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.”
“The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions.”
“The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.”
“The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.”
“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
“It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.”
“Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.”
“The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.”
“Obama has no solutions. Obama has failed the country and its great citizens, and they don't like it when somebody such as myself speaks the truth about this - it hurts too much.”
“A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.”
“The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.”
“I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it.' But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise.”
“Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they lie about things at work, they lie about things.”
“One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.”
“The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.”