"It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man."

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"Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

Truth, Blind

"A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Truth, Power, Thought, Symbol, Character

"Of course I do not regret the Bond days, I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth I have always hated guns and what they represent."

Roger Moore, English Actor

Truth, Heroes, Regret

"Young people are caught up in whatever appears to be the most bizarre. They look for truth and settle for folly. False religions and the occult are clever in reaching seekers who want to experience a rush of any kind."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Truth, Young, Honesty, People

"The living souls have the breath of life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Truth, Living, Breath, Life, Existence

"I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Truth, Mystery, Past

"On their deathbed men will speak true, they say."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Truth, Death, Life, End

"What is the nature of the border between truth and lies? It is permeable and blurred because it is planted thick with rumour, confabulation, misunderstandings and twisted tales. Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door."

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist

Truth, Lies, Perception, Reality

"Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Truth, Philosophy

"In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled."

Paul Eldridge, American Educator

Truth, Facts

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"Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are."

"A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss."

"Of course I do not regret the Bond days, I regret that sadly heroes in general are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth I have always hated guns and what they represent."

"Young people are caught up in whatever appears to be the most bizarre. They look for truth and settle for folly. False religions and the occult are clever in reaching seekers who want to experience a rush of any kind."

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"I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer."

"On their deathbed men will speak true, they say."

"Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy."

"In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled."

Explore more quotes by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

"It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man."

"Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever."

"Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy."

"Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from the eye through the arm to the pencil, how much is lost!"

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"A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer."