Truth & Honesty

“You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

“Vanity will never permit the recognition of the Truth, no matter where it is to be found.”

“Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.”

“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.”

“Absorb such words as they are truly meant to be absorbed, not as appears convenient to you and suits your stubborn volition.”

“Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.”

“Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.”

“Genuine experiencing can naturally always only come through conviction, never otherwise!”

“But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.'”

“For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

“In its pure form the Truth should bring mankind to awakening and recognition, thus to purity and truthfulness of character, and finally to ascent towards the Light.”

“Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly.”

“But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.”

“Truth, however, remains always the same, it does not change, for it is eternal!”

“He is free from self-display, and therefore he shines.”

“The speech of him is the more proper who speaks more true.”

“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.”

“The truth is intended for all men without exception, for they issue from it, as the truth is an integral part of the sphere of spiritual substantiality, the point of origin of the human spirit.”

“But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.”

“The fault of others is easily perceived, but that of oneself is difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbour's faults like chaff, but his own fault he hides, as a cheat hides the bad die from the gambler.”

“He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart.”

“The guarantee of truth lies only in the simple naturalness of things!”

“The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.”

“Wherever there is Truth, which is always characterised by naturalness and consistency, thinking and deep intuitive sensing automatically set in.”

“He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm.”

“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

“They who imagine truth in untruth, and see untruth in truth, never arrive at truth, but follow vain desires.”

“Devote yourselves to the original, true sense of beauty, and then you can never err!”

“Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.”

“To be natural means to listen attentively to one's inner voice and not forcibly to disregard its warnings!”

“Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.”

“Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.”

“Examine yourselves seriously and with an honest confession!”

“They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth, and follow true desires.”

“He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.”

“Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical.”

“Let us return to simplicity in thinking! Otherwise no one can fully grasp that which is great and can thus never attain to it! Think as simply as children!”

“These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates.”

“Every action remains always and only what it really is, and not what man wishes to make himself and others believe it is!”

“But speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ.”

“Him I call indeed a Brahmana who utters true speech, instructive and free from harshness, so that he offend no one.”

“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.”

“Wherever restlessness arises, there the irrefutable proof is thus given that the spirit has been asleep and wants to awaken.”

“Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.”

“To those who are sincere (with me), I am sincere; and to those who are not sincere (with me), I am also sincere;--and thus (all) get to be sincere.”

“In disposition he is the more faithful, in whom there is nothing whatever of deceit and pretence.”

“It is all right when a person has once had an inner experience, but not enough is achieved with that alone. He must not stagnate there but unswervingly stride onwards – he must keep alert in spirit!”

“Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.”

“He who possesses virtue and intelligence, who is just, speaks the truth, and does what is his own business, him the world will hold dear.”

“For God is God! And how you approach Him in your inmost self, that alone is decisive for the strength and genuineness of your belief!”

“All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.”

“For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.”

“Being rushed along with the enthusiasm of the masses is of no use whatever to the individual.”

“The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.”

“Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it.”

“The Name awakens and gathers the concept in man! Whoever dishonours a name and dares to debase it, thereby debases the concept!”

“But, like a beautiful flower, full of colour and full of scent, are the fine and fruitful words of him who acts accordingly.”

“He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.”

“It is not the outward form of church rites, baptism and so much else that matters! The inner man alone has to stand before the Judgment!”

“For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.”