It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence - an orderly, unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered - 'In the beginning, God.' Arthur H. Compton begindifficultfaith share on social
When I started acting classes, I was inspired. The truth is I never dreamt of being an actress as a child. But it just happened. When I started studying and getting on stage, it just came to me. I never said 'I want to be an actress.' It just happened. I started discovering myself and realized I loved it. Ana Layevska actactresschild share on social
No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. Anita Brookner attachblametell Change image and share on social
The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth. Hence the man who makes a good guess at truth is likely to make a good guess at probabilities. Aristotle apprehendapproximatelyarrive share on social
But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. Alan Watts attitudefaithopen Change image and share on social
I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them. Alice Hoffman deepemotionalfairy Change image and share on social
The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rational; to the uninformed, the enlightened; to the straight-out lie, the simple truth. Anthony Kennedy enlightenfalsefree share on social
My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way that you question, or re-examine, what is the truth. Anna Deavere Smith examinegivehear Change image and share on social
Be influenced by nothing but your clients' interests. Tell them the truth. Arthur C. Nielsen clientinfluenceinterest Change image and share on social
Historical fiction was not - and is not - meant to supplant literature from the period it describes. As a veteran of the Crimea, Tolstoy wrote 'War and Peace' to match his own internal sense of the truth of the Napoleonic wars, to dramatize what he felt literature from that period had failed to describe. Alexander Chee crimeadescribedramatize share on social