Truth
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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test
We are free to yield to truth
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold
Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it
It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great
The object of the superior man is truth
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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