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"
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
-Maya Angelou
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
-Thomas Jefferson
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
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
-Walt Whitman
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.
-Robert Brault
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
-Niels Bohr
A lie is just the truth waiting to be itself.
-Terri Guillemets
