truth

"An oft-heard description of the Supreme Court is that it is the ultimate protector in our society of the liberties of the individual. This phrase describes an important role of the Supreme Court, but …"

"Men ignorant of letters, studious for their bellies, and ignominiously lazy."

"Virtue refuses facility for her companion … the easy, gentle, and sloping path that guides the footsteps of a good natural disposition is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny roa…"

"But even if it is true, even if we are governed by the legacy of an animal past, then it is up to us to behave as if it were not so."

"Cave man and Industrial man are both versions of a model of man that is, itself, constantly changed by its own eccentricities -- and their subjective experience of reality is so different that the res…"

"Nothing but what has visible substance, is capable of actual possession."

"The truthful man is usually a liar."

"I began this race believing I should be a truth-teller on principle - ironically I have discovered that it is very popular - and the only way to avoid an election and win the next one is by being stra…"

"Meditation on any theme, if positive and honest, inevitably separates him who does the meditating from the opinion prevailing around him, from that which … can be called “public” or “popular” opinion."

"Female physical frailty is not a reality but a myth with an agenda."

"The real truths are those that can be invented."

"Even if moral truths cannot affect people, they can still be truths."

"The bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe."

"Some professors and especially younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything …"

"Nui is a different kind of CEO. He says her approach boils down to balancing the profit motive by making healthier snacks , striving for a net zero impact on the environment and taking care of your wo…"

"What you learn from bad habits and in bad society, you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you. I tell you in all sincerity, not as in the excitement of speech, but as I would confess …"

"The truth is nobody finances tiny movies anymore. I mean there are so many movies I like that I hope will get their money together. It's a different world than it was when I first started making indep…"

"A play is fiction — and fiction is fact distilled into truth."

"To be perfectly honest with you, ABC picks you to do this and then the machine goes into action and you shoot promos. But I'm still sitting in my bedroom at home going, 'Jeez, I don't know if I can do…"

"When people said to me, ‘I should like to be a member of the City Temple, what must I believe?’ I used to say, ‘Only those things which appear to you to be true.’"