truth

"Some truths are truths, no matter who says them."

"Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves."

"It's a black and white issue: gray is grey, and there's no two ways about it."

"Something inside Clary cracked and broke, and words came pouring out. 'What do you want me to tell you? The truth? The truth is that I love Simon like I should love you, and I wish he was my brother and you weren't, but I can't do anything about that and neither can you!"

"Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth,” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?"

"There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world."

"The truth is more important than the facts."

"A lot of people go searching for “Truth.” But they can’t be searching too hard, because very few of them ever think to look under my bed."

"The truth is like a nipple: the more you twist it, the more somebody is going to get hurt."

"Purity of heart is what enables us to see."

"The truth has become an insult."

"The greatest art belongs to the world. Do not be intimidated by the experts. Trust your instincts. Do not be afraid to go against what you were taught, or what you were told to see or believe. Every person, every set of eyes, has the right to the truth."

"We are what we believe we are!"

"Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it--else it is none."

"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."

"Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere aude! 'Have courage to use your own reason!'- that is the motto of enlightenment."

"Nothing, Everything, Anything, Something: If you have nothing, then you have everything, because you have the freedom to do anything, without the fear of losing something."

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."

"It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom."