Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [81-100] of 753 Truth quotesTruth QuotesTruth Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes What is right and what is practicable are two different things.~ James Buchanan None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.~ Pearl S. Buck Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.~ Pearl S. Buck We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for the minority, let alone for the individual, to face that majority down.~ William F. Buckley, Jr. Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.~ Buddha Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.~ Buddha There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.~ Buddha The pen is mightier than the sword.~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.~ Luther Burbank The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.~ Edmund Burke The people never give up their liberties, but under some delusion.~ Edmund Burke As compared with impulsive commitment to the first idea which dawns, that is, with intuitive action, reasoning is patient, exploratory of other possibilities, and deliberative.~ Edwin Arthur Burtt The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.~ Nicholas Murray Butler I don't mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.~ Samuel Butler Men willingly believe what they wish.~ Gaius Julius Caesar I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.~ John Cage A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in banks.~ John C. Calhoun An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.~ Albert Camus When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality.~ Al Capone Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print