"Rough work iconoclasm but the only way to get at the truth."

Truth, Reality, Change, Effort

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"Rough work iconoclasm but the only way to get at the truth."

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"The fact differentiates the fake."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Truth, Fact, Reality

"Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Truth, Pain, Reality, Discovery

"To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Truth, Darkness, Falsehood, Light

"There are certain truths that occurs to us, which we cannot convey in words, but requires a personal experience to grasp more vividly."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Truth, Experience, Knowledge, Personal

"My truth could be very different than your truth."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Truth, Perception, Differences

"Truth is not for sale. The man who sells truths that could help and guide humanity will never have peace of mind. Share truths freely, and you will always be revealed more."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Truth, Peace, Guidance, Sharing

"I see the truth in people because they can see the truth in me."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Truth, Perception, Honesty, Understanding

"All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?"

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Truth, Lie

"The truth can do years of work in seconds."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Truth, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom

"The Scripture is never subjected to one's own interpretations."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Truth, Scripture, Interpretation, Inspirational

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"It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God."

God

"Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other."

Thought

"The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."

Man

"Stupidity often saves a man from going mad."

Man

"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold."

Friendship

"The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer."

Love

"Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?"

Home

"A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times."

Thought

"The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live."

Education

"A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time."

Time