Trueness Quotes & Sayings

Aesthetic criticism returns us to the autonomy of imaginative literature and the sovereignty of the solitary soul, the reader not as a person in society but as the deep self, our ultimate inwardness. — Harold Bloom

Genius seems to consist merely in trueness of sight, in using such words as show that the man was an eye-witness, and not a repeater of what was told. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I want the light filtered down through the trees painting flesh like a mosaic and filling up the dark in me. I want to see how sunset decorates your hair. — Tyler Knott Gregson

Life wants you to live in total alignment with true love, passion and integrity. — Bryant McGill

A dozen families had declared themselves before Jamie finished his conversation with Gerald Forbes, and rose himself. He handed me the baby, who was sleeping soundly in spite of all the racket around him, and bent to light a brand from our fire. The shouts came from far below, thin but audible on the clear autumn air. "The MacNeills of Barra are here!" "The Lachlans of Glen Linnhe are here!" And after a little, Jamie's voice, loud and strong on the dark air. "The Frasers of the Ridge are here!" There was a brief spatter of applause from those around me - whoops and yelps from the tenants who had come with us, just as there had been from the followers of the other heads of families. — Diana Gabaldon

One of the greatest things you can learn in life is to be compassionate, and true compassion includes compassion for yourself. — Bryant McGill

I have found the old adages to be true. One can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls one back. I am fortunate. I have been pulled back. I walk once more in trueness to myself."
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The system wears a mask of civility, yet will quickly reveal its true nature in the form of magnificently-purposed violence when needed. — Bryant McGill

I think once an author is attacking people for leaving Amazon reviews, common sense has shut up shop and gone home, and the best thing to do is not engage at all. — K.J. Charles

It is a tremendous gift to simply and truly listen to another. — Bryant McGill

When one of my friends becomes a Christian, which happens about every 10 years because I am a sheep about sharing my faith, the experience is euphoric. I see in their eyes the trueness of the story. — Donald Miller

You don't choose your life; it chooses you. There's no point in asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them and carry on.
We can't shoos our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys and griefs we're given. — Paul Coelho

The struggle to excavate your true, authentic self from beneath the mountain of conditioning and ridiculous expectation is the epic struggle of your lifetime. — Bryant McGill

Be a believer in true love. Seek deep communication with others and with yourself. — Bryant McGill

As a forecaster, Marx shared the common destiny of all prophets: to be belied by events. — Gunnar Myrdal

Genius seems to consistent merely in trueness of sight. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The true nature of a human being is not compatible with the so-called civilized world. — Bryant McGill

There is really only one true way to progress; fix yourself. — Bryant McGill

Nothing is more permanent than the temporary. — A.E. Stallings

The subtle whispers, cues and nudges are there as guideposts, to gently carry the humble listener along the path back to the source and the true self. — Bryant McGill

You must dare to disassociate yourself from those who would delay your journey ... Leave, depart, if not physically, then mentally. Go your own way, quietly, undramatically, and venture toward Trueness at last. — Vernon Howard

I wish I could find words to express the trueness, the bravery, the hardihood, the sense of honor, the loyalty to their trust and to each other of the old trail hands. — Charles Goodnight

We only truly understand what we experience. — Bryant McGill

I wanted to say a certain thing to a certain man, a certain true thing that had crept into my head. I opened my head, at the place provided, and proceeded to pronounce the true thing that lay languishing there - that is, proceeded to propel that trueness, that felicitous trularity, from its place inside my head out into world life. The certain man stood waiting to receive it. His face reflected an eager accepting-ness. Everything was right. I propelled, using my mind, my mouth, all my muscles. I propelled. I propelled and propelled. I felt trularity inside my head moving slowly through the passage provided (stained like the caves of Lascaux with garlic, antihistamines, Berloiz, a history, a history) toward its debut on the world stage. Past my teeth, with their little brown sweaters knitted of gin and cigar smoke, toward its leap to critical scrutiny. Past my lips, with their tendency to flake away in cold weather - — Donald Barthelme

When we truly love ourselves and love life, we are compelled to deeply explore ourselves and life's possibilities. — Bryant McGill

You wanted to be Mrs. and Mrs. you shall be with a vengeance as far as I am concerned." Miss — L.M. Montgomery