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"Remember that the truth is in the details. No matter how you see the world or what style it imposes on your work as an artist, the truth is in the details. Of course the devil's there, too-everyone says so-but maybe truth and the devil are words for the same thing. It could be you know."
"Truth is God, and truth overrides all our plans."
"Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident."
"Truth is what the voice within tells you."
"Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being."
"Truth should so humble that even dust could crush it."
"Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history."
"Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it."
"It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means."
"Truth is not truth merely because it is ancient. Nor is truth necessarily to be regarded with suspicion because it is ancient."
"Every truth is self-acting and possesses inherent strength."
"If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth, you must reduce yourself to a zero."
"Devotion to Truth is the sole justification for our existence."
"Death is at any time blessed but it is twice blessed for a warrior who dies for his cause, that is, truth."
"Buddha renounced every worldly happiness because he wanted to share with the whole world his happiness which was to be had by men who sacrificed and suffered in the search for truth."
"Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth."
"What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of truth."
"Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden."
"I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things."
"There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence."
