Patricia Briggs Quotes

There is no such thing as a harmless truth.

I'm not a believer in 'what you don't know won't hurt you,' unless it's innocent.

You'll see some bad things, but if you didn't see them, they'd still be happening.

I am an advocate for awareness, the truth, and a person's right to know. I believe that in the absence of the truth, all of us stand helpless to defend ourselves, our families and our health, which is the greatest gift we have.

Trust is a careless pursuit at best. At worst, it's a good way to get yourself killed.

She regarded books as the emblems of secret brotherhood. A man with this sort of library couldn't possibly hurt her.

The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does

The terrible sticky thing about truth is if it exists, it's coming for you.

Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.

Paranoia is just having the right information.

I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them

I think it's much better to have your eyes open, but on the other hand, of course it can do harm if you tell people look, there's all these terrible things you can do and then some idiot may go ahead and do it.

What, concretely, is Enlightenment ?" "Seeing Reality as it is," said the Master. "Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?" "Oh, no! Most people see it as they think it is." "What's the difference?" "The difference between thinking you are drowning in a stormy sea and knowing you cannot drown because there isn't any water in sight for miles around.

Illusions are the truths we live by until we know better.

... no bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.

Whether you know the shape of a pebble or the structure of a solar system, the anxioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it.

Truth may sometimes hurt, but delusion harms.

Knowing something may be a terrible burden to bear, but it holds no danger to them as aren't afraid of truth.

There are some weapons you can't protect yourself against.

I have to tell it again and again: I have no doctrine. I only point out something. I point out reality, I point out something in reality which has not or too little been seen. I take him who listens to me at his hand and lead him to the window. I push open the window and point outside. I have no doctrine, I carry on a dialogue.

Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

the problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!

You can do anything when it's not real. When it is real, nothing breaks your fall. Nothing gets between you and the ground.

Where Jack isn't safe, Tom's in danger.