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"Love is the expression of the one who loves, not of the one who is loved. Those who think they can love only the people they prefer do not love at all. Love discovers truths about individuals that others cannot see"
"The truth is lived, not taught."
"It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some tradition. It is only when you are constantly inquiring, constantly observing, constantly learning, that you find truth, God, or love."
"We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful, more hardened and more alienated. We experience ourselves as being separate from the whole. This separateness becomes like a prison for us - a prison that restricts us to our personal hopes and fears, and to caring only for the people nearest to us. Curiously enough, if we primarily try to shield ourselves from discomfort, we suffer. Yet, when we don't close off, when we let our hearts break, we discover our kinship with all beings."
"The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story."
"An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths."
"God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us."
"You can't serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line."
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."
"The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity."
"I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy."
"I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives."
"To make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life."
"Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many."
"When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, That is the real thing."
"Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it."
"Seek truth from facts."
"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."
"My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him."
"Some things are true whether you believe in them or not."
