Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-08-13 Aug 13, 2008Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. GandhiIllusions are like mistresses. We can have many of them without tying ourselves down to responsibility. But truth insists on marriage. Once a person embraces truth, he is in its ruthless, but gentle, grasp.~ Rebazar TarzsHistory teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.~ Abba Eban Aug 12, 2008Truth: the most deadly weapon ever discovered by humanity. Capable of destroying entire perceptual sets, cultures, and realities. Outlawed by all governments everywhere. Possession is normally punishable by death.~ John GilmoreGreat spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.~ Albert EinsteinTruth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely disrupt society. Second, we declare it is heretical, infidelic and contrary to the Bible. Third, we say it is really a matter of no importance either one way or the other. Fourth, we aver that we have always upheld it and believed it.~ Elbert Hubbard Aug 11, 2008Truth never envelops itself in mystery, and the mystery in which it is at any time enveloped is the work of its antagonist, and never of itself.~ Thomas PaineOf more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.~ Thomas PaineThe most formidable weapons against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.~ Thomas Paine Aug 8, 2008It takes a long time to understand nothing.~ Edward DahlbergYou can never get enough of what you don't really need.~ Eric HofferThe secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.~ Groucho Marx Aug 7, 2008In our country, the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.~ Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in, and ready at any instant to fall.~ A. E. HousmanThe modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as such by a majority of the people.~ David Edwards Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print