May Sarton Quotes

For there is a truth which cannot be bought or sold, imposed by force, resisted or escaped.

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

Truth is the most unbending and uncompliable, the most necessary, firm, immutable, and adamantine thing in the world.

I am telling you that your perception of ultimate reality is more limited than you thought, and that Truth is more unlimited than you can imagine.

The essential feature, and necessity of life is to know reality, which means knowing God.

Truth has no beginning.

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.

Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it's truth that prevails.

It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: Is it true in and for itself?

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

it is not enough to speak, but to speak truee

Truth is a necessary phantom.

The very greatest mystery is in unsheathed reality itself.

That's the problem with truth. The truth is relentless. It won't leave you alone. It keeps creeping up on you from every side, showing you what's really so. That can he annoying.

The prerequisite for an ideology is possession of a basic truth.

Thirst was made for water. Inquiry for truth.

All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.

One cannot seperate truth from actions...Physically inevitable or not, truth stands above all things. It is independant of who has the best army, who can deliver the longest sermons, or even who has the most priests. It can be pushed down, but it will always surface. Truth is the one thing you can never intimidate.

No one's mouth is big enough to utter the whole thing.

All truths wait in all things.

The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.

The expression of truth is simplicity.

The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed.

Where there is nothing, there is God.

Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.