Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die
—Nikolai Gogol
Above all, don’t lie to yourself.
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.
And having no respect he ceases to love.
—Fyodor Dostoevsky
Above all, don’t lie to yourself.
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.
And having no respect he ceases to love.
—Fyodor Dostoevsky
This world is empty to him alone who does not understand how to direct his libido towards objects, and to render them alive and beautiful for himself, for Beauty does not indeed lie in things, but in the feeling that we give to them.
—Carl Jung
This world is empty to him alone who does not understand how to direct his libido towards objects, and to render them alive and beautiful for himself, for Beauty does not indeed lie in things, but in the feeling that we give to them.
—Carl Jung
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.
—Henry Ford
The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
—Sun Tzu
America is therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World’s History shall reveal itself.
—Georg Hegel
Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.
—Charles Dickens
Only delusions and lies require artificial support. Truth can stand alone. Therefore the true word has no need of superficial, solemn ceremonies. Only lies need such devices.
—Leo Tolstoy
The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.
—Socrates
If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.
—Arthur Schopenhauer
One day people will stop fighting, waging war, executing people, and will begin to love one another. This day cannot be evaded, for within every person’s soul lies love, not hatred, toward others. Let’s do all we can to reach this day more quickly.
—Leo Tolstoy
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
—Thomas Edison
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
—Plato
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
—Plato
By a lie a man throws away and as it were annihilates his dignity as a man
—Immanuel Kant
How then is perfection to be sought?
Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.
—Immanuel Kant
Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.
—Aristotle
Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.
—Aristotle
Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
—Sun Tzu
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.
—Oscar Wilde
Take up your cross daily: Regard no pain, if it lies in your way to him.
—John Wesley
It is a petty view of our Father’s love and wisdom which demands or expects an answer according to our desires, apart from His wisdom. We see hardly one inch of the narrow lane of time. To our God eternity lies open as a meadow.
—Amy Carmichael
Whosoever thou art, to whom God hath given to be poor in spirit, to feel thyself lost, thou hast a right thereto, through the gracious promise of Him who cannot lie. It is purchased for thee by the blood of the Lamb.
—John Wesley
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
—Mark Twain
A great shadow lies upon every man & every woman—the fact that our Lord was bruised & wounded & crucified for the entire human race. This is the basic human responsibility that men are trying to push off & evade.
—AW Tozer
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
—Albert Einstein
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
—Isaac Newton