All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
You can fool some people some times, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.
Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Walk with those seeking truth. Run from those who think they've found it.
That’s what fiction is for. It’s for getting at the truth when the truth isn’t sufficient for the truth.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
Truth is treason in the empire of lies.