truth

"We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us."

"We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us."

"So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains."

"I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you tell me you can bench press 450, hell, we'll load up the bar and put you under it. Either you can do it or you can't do it—you can't bullshit. Ultimately, sports are just about as close to what one would call the truth as it is possible to get in this world."

"True regret is knowing you missed your only opportunity to be simply a good friend to someone that was exactly like you."

"Not only did I lie about lying, but I lied about lying about lying. And you’d better believe that’s the truth."

"Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding."

"I know I'm not going to be in your head all the time. But once you know me, I'll be forever in your heart."

"We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect."

"That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person."

"But some secrets are too delicious not to share."

"How would your life be different if…You approached all relationships with authenticity and honesty? Let today be the day…You dedicate yourself to building relationships on the solid foundation of truth and authenticity."

"I can’t use my intellect to figure out how to bypass my intellect. Love lies through the spirit, not the mind, and love never lies."

"The truth will make you odd."

"What was my truth worth, if I was prepared to defend the entire world, but not those who were close to me? If I subdued hate, but wouldn't give love a chance?"

"The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all."

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

"Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise."

"Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer."

"Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth."