Top 100 Not The Truth Quotes
#1. Writing is mostly a case of mood management. The emotion you have is not absolute, it is temporary. It may be useful, but it is not the truth. It is not you.
Anne Enright
#2. If we have the truth, it cannot be harmed by investigation. If we have not the truth, it ought to be harmed.
J. Reuben Clark
#3. But here's the thing: other people's opinions are not the truth. We live in a world that puts us into boxes and labels them with Sharpies, yet those boxes are lies. They flatten us; they limit who we really are. Feminism
Kelly Jensen
#4. If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.
Plato
#5. Actors today think that being true is being nice, or being some other "set" thing. That is not the truth. That is your miserable habit of boring everybody to death.
Stella Adler
#6. Connor:I let her go. I could have held on but I let her go.
The Monster:And that is the truth.
Connor:I didn't mean it, though! I didn't mean to let her go! And now it's for real! Now she's going to die and it's my fault!
The Monster:And that is not the truth at all.
Patrick Ness
#8. And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth but when people put a pretty bow on scary things instead of saying, 'This is a nightmare. I hate everything. I'm going to go hide in the garage.'
Anne Lamott
#9. It is not the truth that people cannot handle. It is the consequences that stem from that truth.
J.K. Miller II
#11. We fear not the truth, even if it be gloomy, but its counterfeit.
Berl Katznelson
#12. The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly.
Muhammad Iqbal
#13. Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.
Roy Orbison
#14. One can see light above the head; that indicates a consciousness outside the body. But that itself is not the Truth-Consciousness or Vijnana. But much light descending from there illumines this consciousness.
Sri Aurobindo
#15. It's not objective. It's subjective." Katya hooks her bra behind her back. "It's just what you think, not the truth.
E. Lockhart
#16. I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you.
Roy Orbison
#17. From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden.
John Florio
#19. Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those whose sole concern is not the truth.
Boris Pasternak
#20. Anything that is said is not the truth. It is a statement of truth, and no statement is the truth.
Barry Long
#22. Stories have endings; that's why we tell them, for reassurance that there is meaning in our lives. But like a diagnosis, a story can become a prison, a straight road mapped out by the people who went before. Stories are not the truth.
Sarah Moss
#23. I don't care WHAT the say about me, as long as it's not the truth
Katharine Hepburn
#24. What is more simple than to tell to a little boy, 'This is not the truth, it is a game?'
Roberto Benigni
#25. If everyone's just saying what they feel and doing whatever they want, there's no drama in the world. And there's also no truth to it, 'cause that's just not the truth.
Martin Freeman
#26. Just because I say what you want to hear, doesn't mean it's not the truth.
Skye Callahan
#27. Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking?
Thomas Carlyle
#28. Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Marcus Aurelius
#29. And that, the monster said, is not the truth at all. Conor
Patrick Ness
#30. There is no truth in this world that is worth insisting upon! Anything that is insisted upon is not the truth at all!
Dada Bhagwan
#31. It is not what you don't know that hurts you; it is what you do know, which is not the truth that does your spirit the most harm.
Shannon L. Alder
#32. We now know that Art is not the truth ... but rather a way of approaching the truth.
Pablo Picasso
#33. Sometimes perfection reveals the lie, ... , not the truth.
Kasie West
#34. Don't live a lie because everyone around you already knows it's not the truth.
Shannon Lynette
#35. What the advertisements are telling us on TV is not the truth. Life is not about comfort.
Sunday Adelaja
#36. My mind kept thinking its harsh thinky thoughts, but I would distract myself from them gently and say, 'Those are not the truth, those are not trustworthy, those are for entertainment purposes only.' Eventually I had quieter thoughts.
Anne Lamott
#37. It is people's willingness to take personal risks and confront the powerful by daring to speak the truth, not the truth itself, that ultimately leads to change.
Ivan Krastev
#38. Lies, fables and romances must needs be probable, but not the truth and foundation of our faith.
Johann Georg Hamann
#39. ... it's not the truth about others that will set you free, but the truth about yourself.
Louise Penny
#40. I wish I could tell you the road from here to where you're going is straight and without obstacles. That is not the truth. The journey to greatness is just not that way.
Kami Guildner
#41. Always remember that your Censor's negative opinions are not the truth.
Julia Cameron
#42. The question is, "Are you spiritual or are you not?" The truth is you are. The reality is you don't believe it
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
#43. Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing.
Alison Krauss
#44. Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and more congenial with the depraved tastes of fallen nature; instead, however, of improving the gospel carnal wisdom pollutes it, until it becomes another gospel, and not the truth of God at all.
SPURGEON C H
#45. There's nothing about the times when she wasn't funny or sexy, or when she talked too much or about her pissing or shitting. There's no way to really preserve a person when they're gone and that's because whatever you write down it's not the truth, it's just a story.
Steven Hall
#46. My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth.
Hope Solo
#48. The insecurities from your past are not the truth in your life either. As we look at our doubts and develop confident hearts, it's going to be important to recognize negative emotions from our past that keep us from living confidently in our present and future.
Renee Swope
#49. When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.
Anais Nin
#50. Not the truth, but close enough. Maybe she ought to make that her life motto
Melissa Grey
#51. When wisdom arises, our inherent power as a being naturally arises as well, and then we begin to view things differently. We begin to see things based on the truth that we have found inside, not the truth that is
imposed by others on us.
M. Laurie Cantil
#52. It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say. You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie.
Michael Jackson
#53. Stop thinking you have to go to big industry to have a big life, because it's not the truth.
Meredith Brooks
#54. There is peace in knowing that whatever one thinks it is not the truth.
Marty Rubin
#55. It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
#56. I believe my religion is the truth, but I am not the truth and the truth doesn't belong to me I'm trying to belong to the truth.
Tariq Ramadan
#57. Memories are not the truth of the past. We sculpt them to suit our images of our present selves. And, in any case, the truth of then is not the truth of now.
Ian C. Esslemont
#59. Your whole life is nothing but a dream. You live in a fantasy where everything you know about yourself is only true for you. Your truth is not the truth for anyone else.
Miguel Angel Ruiz
#60. If you believe only what you like in the histories, and reject what you don't want to believe, it is not the truth you seek, but a confirmation of your own opinions.
Jeff Wheeler
#62. It's not cool to have your name in print when it's not the truth.
Steven Sinofsky
#63. I believe we have a choice in this world about how to tell sad stories , on the one hand , we can sugercoat it. Nothing is too messed up that can't be fixed with a Peter Gabriel song, I like this version as much as the next girl does. It's just not the truth
John Green
#64. It is not the truth which has to be sought, it is you who have to be brought home.
Osho
#65. what you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth. your truth is important. yet it is not THE truth.
Linda Ellinor
#66. Television is not the truth. Television is a goddamned amusement park.
Paddy Chayefsky
#67. If you're analytical, you have to be blunt. That's by definition. You can't analyze something and not be blunt about it. What would you rather hear if not the truth?
Jim Boeheim
#68. So now they're shaking in their boots and looking for someone to give them the answer they want to hear. Not the truth, but some lie that will protect them from the truth
Ralph Ellison
#69. It's not the truth that you know, but the truth that you obey that matters.
Johnny Hunt
#70. You cannot make a demand on your life that exceeds your belief about it. Your belief is creating a personal law. It's not the truth, but a lie believed will act like a law until it's neutralized.
Derek Rydall
#71. We make a picture," he said, "of how we want the world to be, and most of the time it isn't like that. Holding on to that image causes the suffering. Not the world, not the truth. Our disappointment is what makes us hurt.
M.L.N. Hanover
#73. Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.
Umberto Eco
#74. Those are the facts but not the truth, which does not even speak the same language.
Sonja Livingston
#76. The recognition of virtue is not less valuable from the lips of the man who hates it, since truth forces him to acknowledge it; and though he may be unwilling to take it into his inmost soul, he at least decks himself out in its trappings.
Michel De Montaigne
#78. Try not to seek after the true
Only cease to cherish opinions. (172)
Edward Conze
#79. Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.
Alice Hoffman
#80. The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.
Deepak Chopra
#81. She was not one to set her teeth so far into something that she couldn't let go when presented with the truth.
Ann Patchett
#82. If any man is able to convince me and show me that I do not think or act right, I will gladly change; for I seek the truth by which no man was ever injured. But he is injured who abides in his error and ignorance.
Marcus Aurelius
#83. Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.
Vincent Van Gogh
#84. The man who recognizes the truth of any human relation and neglects the duty involved is not a true man.... A man may be aware of the highest truths of many things, and yet not be a true man, inasmuch as the essentials of manhood are not his aim: he has not come into the flower of his own being.
George MacDonald
#85. Consider your actions and words. Be thoughtful when expressing your feelings or concerns. Sometimes it's not what you say, but the way you say it. That makes all the difference
Amaka Imani Nkosazana
#86. He does not regard the quantity of faith, but the quality. He does not measure its degree, but its truth. He will not break any bruised reed, nor quench any smoking flax. He will never let it be said that any perished at the foot of the cross.
J.C. Ryle
#87. There is an innate decorum in man, and it is not fair to thrust Truth upon people when they don't expect it. Only the very generous are ready for Truth impromptu.
Christopher Morley
#88. When you are not full of the Holy Spirit, you easily cower in fear and lack a stand on truth
Paul Gitwaza
#89. We can bring peace in the world, not by eliminating violence in the world, but by finding the causes of violence and by preventing those from infecting the society.
Debasish Mridha
#90. Yet all myths are symbolic of some truth," she pointed out, "else they would not endure the ages.
Melissa McPhail
#91. Divinity is not something supernatural that ever and again invades the natural order in a crashing miracle. Divinity is not in some remote heaven, seated on a throne. Divinity is love ... Wherever goodness, beauty, truth, love, are-there is the divine.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
#92. Most couples get married because it's time, not because they're in love. They might have money issues, parental pressure, or they're simply tired of being alone - so they pick Mr. Good Enough and tie the knot.
H.M. Ward
#93. Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice.
Cornel West
#94. There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.
Tasha Smith
#95. She also knew that the sadness she felt while pregnant, for strangers, for the entire world, did not feel like hormones so much as a kind of elevated consciousness, a heightened sensitivity to truth.
Laura Moriarty
#96. Secrets are kept from children, a lid on top of the soup kettle, so they do not boil over with too much truth.
Amy Tan
#97. I had to get away from him. Sometimes we reject the people who tell the truth and it is not because they are wrong. It is because we can't
Rachel Joyce
#98. One should not seek among others the truth that can be easily gotten from the Church. For in her, as in a rich treasury, the apostles have placed all that pertains to truth, so that everyone can drink this beverage of life. She is the door of life.
Irenaeus Of Lyons
#99. As women, we do feel like we have to live up to an expectation, whether it's on camera or going to the market or whatever it is. And the truth of the matter is, that's not always the way it is. We don't always have our high heels on, we don't always have our makeup on.
Jennifer Aniston
#100. In truth we are not separate from each other or from the world, from the whole earth, the sun or moon or billions of stars, not separate from the entire universe. Listening silently in quiet wonderment, without knowing anything, there is just one mysteriously palpitating aliveness.
Toni Packer
