I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It’s a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It’s not something that happens overnight. It’s an evolution of the heart. 477
Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness. 563
A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. 549
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness. 601
The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself. 511
We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square. 1.07K
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. 521
The key to wisdom is this – constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. 434
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange – my youth. 1.07K
The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching. 2.34K
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. 1.23K
How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. 532
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. 485
