Quotes about Truth

Either we conform our desires to the truth or we conform the truth to our desires.

To come to faith on the basis of experience alone is unwise, though not so foolish as to reject faith altogether because of lack of experience ... the quality of a Christian's experience depends on the quality of his faith, just as the quality of his faith depends in turn on the quality of his understanding of God's truth.

calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion and dynamism lived out as a response to his summons and service.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well worth remembering from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.

When we become advocates of a creed, something dies; we do not believe God, we only believe our belief about Him.

The deadliest Pharisaism today is not hypocrisy, but unconscious unreality.

Don't get impatient with others. Remember how God dealt with you—with patience and with gentleness. But never water down the truth of God. Let it have its way and never apologize for it. Jesus said, Ãƒ¢Ã¢'¬Ã…"Go . . . and make disciples . . ." (Matthew 28:19), not, "Make converts to your own thoughts and opinions.