Paul Beatty Quotes

I just think that I'm a person who's trying to find the truth and express it as I, you know, get the opportunity.

If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed Within the centre.

All paths do not lead to truth. There is no path to truth, it must come to you.

Everyone has a story, and the story changes, and the more I can root into the truth of things - it's so hard - I don't think anyone ever really puts it all together. But somewhere along the way it all became fused.

I began realizing that it wasn't important for me to concern myself with the perception of truth.

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.

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth.

Who is God? Who are we? What is our purpose? All these questions remain unanswered. I want to reach the genuine seeker of spiritual well-being. My goal is to satisfy the hunger and longing for those who are seeking the truth.

You're really looking for the truth of what the piece is about. And that's going to be different for different people.

I must find a truth that is true for me.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth — and truth rewarded me.

The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us.

Some rather seek up high Than dig and grind that inner truth

Seeker of truth follow no path all paths lead where truth is here.

Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.

That's what I've decided I am. A seeker of wisdom and truth.

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie.

The first step towards knowing is to see that you do not know.

Without ignoring the objective side of the truth, it has to be subjective as well, Buddha's whole teaching just for you, something you can taste. Not something to believe in but to discover, to experience.

Happily, at forty-six I still feel as experimental and on the verge of getting at the truth as ever.

He who sincerely seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose. As he concentrates on that search a light begins to clear his confusion, call it revelation, call it inspiration, call it what you will. It is mistrust that misleads. Sincerity leads straight to the goal.

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.

... and it's always been a thing with me to feel that all men know the truth, see? ... The truth itself doesn't have a name on it. To me. Each man has to find this for himself, I think. I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be... I'm not interested in trying to say what it will be, I don't know. But I believe that good will only bring good.