Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [381-400] of 753 Truth quotesTruth QuotesTruth Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment.~ Jesus of Nazareth And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.~ Jesus of Nazareth Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.~ Jesus of Nazareth Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.~ Jesus of Nazareth Truth is the safest lie.~ Jewish Proverb What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.~ Jewish Proverb The first casualty when war comes is Truth.~ Hiram Johnson The first casualty when war comes is truth.~ Hiram W. Johnson The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to us novel and plausible, have been tested before, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost, wholly false.~ Paul Bede Johnson Among the innumerable mortifications which waylay human arrogance on every side may well be reckoned our ignorance of the most common objects and effects, a defect of which we become more sensible by every attempt to supply it. Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things when they are shown their form or told their use; but the speculatist, who is not content with superficial views, harasses himself with fruitless curiosity, and still, as he inquires more, perceives only that he knows less.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer than they believe each other. When speech is employed only as the vehicle of falsehood, every man must disunite himself from others, inhabit his own cave and seek prey only for himself.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson Courage is the first of all the virtues because if you haven't courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of the others.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth. If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian... we can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike.... give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who is born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. Let me be a free man...free to travel... free to stop...free to work...free to choose my own teachers...free to follow the religion of my Fathers...free to think and talk and act for myself.~ Chief Joseph It does not require many words to speak the truth.~ Chief Joseph Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.~ Carl Gustav Jung I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.~ Franz Kafka Persecution, whenever it occurs, establishes only the power and cunning of the persecutor, not the truth and worth of his belief.~ H. M. Kallen Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.~ Immanuel Kant Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.~ Abraham Kaplan Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print