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Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth. — Criss Jami

But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice. — Shunryu Suzuki

Books make the best ersatz friendships. — Nenia Campbell

I do a great deal of research. I don't want anyone to say, 'That could not have happened.' It may be fiction, but it has to be true. — Jacquelyn Mitchard

People think I hate the Royal Family, but that's not true. — John Lydon

It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car. — Merle Haggard

Everyone dreams but not everyone does. — Josiyah Martin

I love fashion; I love being able to have fun with it, but I think I need to get a little bit more organised before I ever become a true fashionista. — Anne Hathaway

It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another. — Mary Shelley

No, I don't have a ring, but I have my heart and it's all yours. — Maggy Mae

But try as you might to protect people from danger, you cannot keep them from their true nature. — Alice Hoffman

But the last few years had taught me that one of my grandmother's favorite sayings was true. An ounce of prevention was worth a pound of cure. — Charlaine Harris

Many people succeed when others do not believe in them. But rarely does a person succeed when he does not believe in himself. — Herb True

It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true. — J.D. Salinger

But womanly, I hope, said Mrs. Garth, half suspecting that Mrs. Casaubon might not hold the true principle of subordination. — George Eliot

Ay me! sad hours seem long. — William Shakespeare

I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true. — Patti Smith

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we're indifferent to whether we win or lose? — Charles Baudelaire

Some people say that beauty is a curse. It may be true, but I'm sure I should not have at all minded being cursed a little. — Mary MacLane

A plantation was a plantation; one might think one's misfortunes distinct, but the true horror lay in their universality. — Colson Whitehead

They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born. — Katherine Dunn

To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money. — George Mikes

Fiction to me is a kind of parable. You have got to make up your mind it's not true. Some kind of truth emerges from it, but it's not fact. — Muriel Spark

Here was a strange but true fact: The closer you were to the market, the harder it was to perceive its folly. — Michael Lewis

But time and distance is nothing in the face of true affinity ... — Eleanor Catton

It is certainly true that 'actions speak louder than words,' but words become as monuments to thoughts. — Anton Szandor LaVey

Some girls think marrying an expat is the road to riches, but that's not true." Sumi — Angela Nicoara

Selective hearing ... typical male. Maybe he was human after all ... — Cameo Renae

I had not asked to be rescued, true, but that did not mean I didn't need saving. — Jodi Picoult

Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself. — Franz Grillparzer

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense. — E.A. Bucchianeri

Giving is normal and anybody can give but to sacrifice during giving is the matter! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor. — Alan Moore

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. — E. M. Forster

It is true that we are interested in scale but there are very sound reasons for this. — Lakshmi Mittal

It's a paradox of the true spiritual path, but the more conscious we become of what limits us, the more limitless becomes our life. — Guy Finley

False love is just wanting someone else, but true love is wanting someone else to be happy. — Menna Van Praag

A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true. — Little Richard

The true measure of your education is not what you know, but how you share what you know with others. — Kent Nerburn

But you don't let true happiness slip out of your grasp without one helluva fight. — Johanna Lindsey

Sad but true that nothing puts a woman in her place more effectively than a chivalrous gesture performed in a certain manner. — Pat Barker

A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance. — Martha Beck

True productivity is not first about efficiency - doing things right and doing them quickly - but effectiveness - doing the right things. — Matt Perman

Each time is true, but the truths are not the same. — Alan Lightman

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty. — John Lyly

It's true that some mistakes can never be amended no matter what you do, but that doesn't mean it's all right to give up before you even try. — Noriko Ogiwara

The true life is absent.' But we are in the world. Metaphysics arises and is maintained in this alibi. — Emmanuel Levinas

The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course. — Albert Schweitzer

But this too is true: stories can save us. — Tim O'Brien

True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor. — Saint Ignatius

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

True beauty lies not upon gilded veneers,
But found in the soul within. — E.A. Bucchianeri

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true. — Henry Ward Beecher

The true measure of spiritual growth is not how much you've learned in the past year but how much you've grown in holiness. — Mike Bullmore

That would be stupid." "True. But in keeping with your 'act first, think second' behavioral trend. — Veronica Roth

Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving. — Philibert Joseph Roux

We're lonely down here," he said. "It's true. But we're not alone. — Lauren Groff

The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon. — Steve Maraboli

Aye, it's true. I've spent long years seeking a wee dove to adore. But not because I wished for one to tend. I've wanted one with whom I could soar. — Veronica Wolff

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue. — Ma Jian

Even though I dislike being kicked by others, I do enjoy the feeling of kicking others — Yana Toboso

If a man knows nothing but hard times, he will paint them, for he must be true to himself. — Horace Pippin

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves. — Pope John Paul II

The sexes in each species of being ... are always true equivalents - equals but not identical. — Antoinette Brown Blackwell

A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone. — Eric Ludy

... insanity is never reasonable. — E.A. Bucchianeri

A true gentleman has no vices, but he allows you your own. — Michael Shaara

An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. — Kilroy J. Oldster

But tonight, this is what I can give you. I can offer you the vault of heaven, the firmament of the stars in the sky, and me — Deirdre Riordan Hall

Money-it can buy your kids anything, but it cannot teach them love, respect, and the true value of living life without things. — Carew Papritz

She shuddered. What is it with slobbery kissers? Are they trying to drown us in spit? I mean, Jesus, swallow every now and then. — Tammara Webber

Society is a little more forgiving of two women kissing than two men. It's sad but true. — Tiffani Thiessen

Remember that your real wealth can be measured not by what you have, but by what you are. — Napoleon Hill

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. — Charles Caleb Colton

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning. — Walter Raleigh

Nothing is true, but that which is simple. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Follow your passion. Do what you love, and the money will follow. Most people don't believe it, but it's true. — Oprah Winfrey

True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without. — Og Mandino

When words fail, the hammer drops,
living can never be its own excuse. — Michael Hogan

What wish did you grant me?" Lolly asked. "I can't tell you," the little girl said very seriously. "But if you believe, it will come true. — Viola Shipman

Sure it hurts, but if you love someone, you forgive them." Blanche
Somethings you forgive, somethings you never forgive." Kate — Neil Simon

You must realize that what you are cannot be seen in a mirror.
What you see in a mirror is but a dim reflection of your true reality. — Seth

All I want to do is pretend nothing is wrong and avoid it all, for eternity, but I know I can't. — Amanda Grace

Tomorrow will always hold curiosities but it is the enchantment of today's possibilities which has me true to the present. — Truth Devour

To every religion the gods of other religions are only notions concerning God, but its own conception of God is to it God himself, the true God. — Ludwig Feuerbach

True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway. — Edna Buchanan

Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment? — Jean Said Makdisi

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same. — Oliver Goldsmith

True spiritual life depends not on probing our feelings and thoughts from dawn to dusk but on 'looking off' to the Savior! — Watchman Nee

My nature is to provoke, that's true. I can't help myself. But it's always with good intentions. — Madonna Ciccone

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. — W.T. Purkiser

These stories are all true, but only somewhere else. — Kristopher Jansma

To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none. — William Shakespeare

It is true, that all married men have their own way, but the trouble is they don't all have their own way of having it. — Artemas Ward

Walking alone is not difficult but when we have walked a mile worth a thousand years with someone then coming back alone is what is difficult. — Faraaz Kazi

Our eyes are closed, but even without seeing, they're only for each other. — A.J. Compton

Nothing amuses people more than a cocky guy who starts losing. — Criss Jami

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but, doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it. — Henry David Thoreau

I know that's true for most micro-premature babies, but it's not true for Von. — Izzie Bebe

They came to sit & dangle their feet off the edge of the world & after awhile they forgot everything but the good & true things they would do someday. — Brian Andreas