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"I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world."
"Unconditional love will have the final word in reality."
"The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it."
"The duty of youth is to challenge corruption."
"Whatever satisfies the soul is truth."
"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
"A hair divides what is false and true."
"In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same."
"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
"People are like music, some speak the truth and others are just noise."
"I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me."
"Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself."
"It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies."
"If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!"
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."
"No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful."
"Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time."
"We believe we are hurt when we don't receive love. But that is not what hurts us. Our pain comes when we do not give love. We were born to love. You might say that we are divinely created love machines. We function most powerfully when we are giving love. The world has led us to believe that our wellbeing is dependent on other people loving us. But this is kind of upside down thinking that has caused so many of our problems. The truth is our well being is dependent on our giving love. It is not about what comes back; it is about what goes out!"
"Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear."