There is no evil that cannot be done by the liar, who has transgressed the one law of truthfulness and who is indifferent to the world beyond.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 176"
Quotations
Truth
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 176"
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth hurts - not the searching after; the running from!
-Anonymous
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Only by devotional service is the Supreme Truth, Krishna, pleased, and by His inconceivable energy. He can reveal Himself to the heart of the pure devotee.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwavad Gita 10.11"
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.
-Robert Brault
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
-Mark Twain
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.
-Bill Copeland
If you want to understand the teachings of Buddha, Krishna, Jesus or any great
philosopher, you will have to learn to differentiate and dissect their sayings
in two parts, one, 'eternal truth' and second, 'the truth relevant at that time'.
Without distinguishing the two, you will invariably end up misunderstanding their
sayings.
-Deep Trivedi
