Personal Truth Quotes

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Say not, ' I have found the path of the soul.' Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.' For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know.

To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real.

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him.

Nothing in Scientology is true for you unless you have observed it and it is true according to your observation.

Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

The world is my representation

"This - is now my way - where is yours"? Thus did I answer those who asked me "the way". For the way - it does not exist!

It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world. It is my mind which thinks, and the judgement of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth. It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will is the only edict I must respect.

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

Eight times a week, I got to be a gay man, a remarkable gay man, and every night, that felt as full, as true, as passionate, and as authentic as I ever felt in my life.

What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All that I can in true humility present to you is that Truth is not to be found by anybody who has not got an abundant sense of humility. If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth you must reduce yourself to zero.

I don't know how to be anything but myself.

The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly.

I can't tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like.

Every story you tell is your own story.

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

I believe there's only one autobiography you can do.

My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others.

The songs that you start to write that you are a little scared of can be the ones that you have to tell.

One of the most constant and sustaining truths of my life has been this: I love the library.

Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.

What can a meaning outside my condition mean to me? I can understand only in human terms. What I touch, what resists me - that I understand. And these two certainties - my appetite for the absolute and for unity and the impossibility of reducing this world to a rational and reasonable principle - I also know that I cannot reconcile them. What other truth can I admit without lying, without bringing in a hope I lack and which means nothing within the limits of my conditions?

All autobiography is storytelling; all writing is autobiography.