Wednesday, May 20, 2009

11 takes on Truth...!!!

Truth...and Nothing but the truth!!!

And here is what i came across...diferent perspectives of TRUTH...Read On...

Abraham Lincoln: How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Rabindranath Tagore: We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.

Noam Chomsky: It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

Friedrich Nietzsche: And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

Max Planck: It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

Mark Twain: Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.

George Bernard Shaw: New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.

Isaac Asimov: [W]hen people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

Marcus Aurelius: If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Galileo: All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

Buddha: Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true. [paraphrased]


But then i overheard someone...." Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.”..and i cudn't stop wonderin'...!!!

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