It's all very boring to say that we get along great and all that and sometimes we mock up come aggravation to make it interesting but the truth of it is that we get along so well we've never had an argument. Dave Edmunds aggravationargumentbore share on social
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder. Lao Tzu appearbeginbenevolence share on social
Before Watergate and Viet Nam, the American public, as a whole, believed everything it was told, and since then it doesn't believe anything, and both of those extremes hurt us because they prevent us from recognizing the truth. Daniel Keys Moran americanbelieveextreme share on social
What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it. Daniel Keys Moran afraidhearlearn Change image and share on social
It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. Doris Lessing abstractiondestroyinterest Change image and share on social
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. David Hare femininehonormasculine Change image and share on social
The job of the travel writer is to go far and wide, to make voluminous notes, to tell the truth. Paul Theroux jobmakenote Change image and share on social
If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention. Richard John Neuhaus attentionchurchculture share on social
Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic. Iris Murdoch browngenericmoral Change image and share on social
All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble of correct assumptions and valid calculations. Henry Petroski assumptioncalculationconventional Change image and share on social
