Truly Quotes
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"All truly wise thoughts have been thoughts already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite."
-William Blake
-William Blake
"No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide."
-Chuck Palahniuk
-Chuck Palahniuk
"It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank
-Anne Frank
"You are providing for your disciples a show of wisdom without the reality. For, acquiring by your means much information unaided by instruction, they will appear to possess much knowledge, while, in fact, they will, for the most part, know nothing at all; and, moreover, be disagreeable people to deal with, as having become wise in their own conceit, instead of truly wise."
-Socrates
-Socrates
"Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,To speak dishonorably is pardonable."
-Sophocles
-Sophocles
"For what I have received, may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received."
-Storm Jameson
-Storm Jameson
"In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art."
-Sallust
-Sallust
"I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't."
-Alfred North Whitehead
-Alfred North Whitehead
"All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world."
-Victor Cousin
-Victor Cousin
"It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly."
-Samuel Butler
-Samuel Butler
"Will you ever? I don't think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am.I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star."
-Erica Jong
-Erica Jong
"You think the dead we love ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them most plainly when we need? Your father is alive in you Harry and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him."
-J. K. Rowling
-J. K. Rowling
"Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
-Steve Jobs
-Steve Jobs
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
-Steve Jobs
-Steve Jobs
"I believe that the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful."
-John Ruskin
-John Ruskin
"A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep."
-Vernon Howard
-Vernon Howard
"Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it."
-Ralph Marston
-Ralph Marston
