SOME VIEWS ABOUT TRUTH

 

SOME VIEWS ABOUT TRUTH

‘TRUTH” stands for accuracy, correctness, rightness, fact, actuality, factualness , reality, sincerity, uprightness, candour,  genuineness, etc.

             What follows are some important quotes about truth.

1.Truth fears no examination---A proverb.  2. General , abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it man is blind, it is the eye of reason. ----Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (1712-1778).     3. Every violation of truth is a stab at the health of society. ----Emerson, American poet (1803-18820.     4. If a thousand old beliefs were ruined in our march to truth,  we must still march on.  ------Stopford  A. Brooke, English author (1832-1916).     5. Falsehood is in a hurry; it may be at any moment detected and punished; truth is calm, serene ; its judgment is on high; its king cometh out of the chambers of eternity, -----Joseph Parker , English divine (1830—1902).  6. You need not tell all the truth, unless to those who have a right to know it all. But let all you tell be truth. ----Horace Mann, America educationist (1796—1859) ,

 And finally, what we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.  

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G. R. Kanwal

2^nd March 2024