Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"The real scandal isn't what happens in dark alleys; it's what happens in the light while we look away."
Tony Campolo
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"Authenticity is the rarest gift we can give each other."
Barbara Brown Taylor
B
"The practice of truth-telling is an act of resistance and love."
Barbara Brown Taylor
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"Truth is more like a person than a proposition."
Richard Rohr
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"Authenticity is the rarest form of radical obedience."
Richard Rohr
R
"The contemplative sees what is; the dualistic mind sees what it wants to see."
Richard Rohr
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"The pursuit of truth requires courage and humility."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"The truth sets us free, but first it challenges us."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"The truth may be difficult, but it always liberates."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"We're called to speak truth in love, always"
Rob Bell
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"The truth will set you free, but first it will frustrate you"
Rob Bell
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"Words about God always imply a choice: to say something is to exclude something else."
Thomas Merton
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"There is no greater disaster in the spiritual life than to be immersed in unreality."
Thomas Merton
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"The mirror of the soul is the face."
Francis of Assisi
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"The false self is constructed through comparison and competition."
Henri Nouwen
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"Truth cannot be spoken; it can only be lived."
Rupert Spira
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"Reality is simpler than our concepts about it."
Rupert Spira
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"Truth is simpler than any concept of it."
Rupert Spira
R
"Reality is not hidden; it is overlooked."
Rupert Spira
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"Language is our greatest tool for creating meaning, but also for obscuring truth."
Thomas Merton
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"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."
Thomas Merton
D
"We are called not to comfort, but to truth."
Dominic de Guzmán
D
"The light of truth cannot be extinguished by the darkness of lies."
Dominic de Guzmán
D
"Truth spoken with love is the most powerful force."
Dominic de Guzmán
R
"The inside and outside must become one."
Richard Rohr
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"The world is maintained by truth; lies only tear it down."
Richard Rohr
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"Truth is always subversive to those in power."
Richard Rohr
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"We cannot change what we do not acknowledge as real."
Richard Rohr
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"Truth without love is brutality; love without truth is sentimentality."
Barbara Brown Taylor
B
"God does not need our defense. God needs our honesty."
Barbara Brown Taylor