A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
- Topic: Fear, Honesty, Truth
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No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
For you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you.
They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.
A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.
Fear gives intelligence even to fools.
The universe does not favor the greedy, dishonest and evil people, even when it seems so. It helps honest, generous and virtuous people.
And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.
If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: never lie to yourself.
I’m not perfect. And who knows how many times I’ve fallen short. We all fall short. That’s the amazing thing about the grace of God.
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If all people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
Realizing the Divine as Truth will save you hours of work in research in any field. You will be led to the right book or the right place or the right person without loss of time, or the necessary information will come to you in some other way.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
For truth is precious and divine—too rich a perl for carnal swine.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.