Ingrid Betancourt Quotes

Honesty allows us to live with not knowing. We do not know the full story; we do not know where we are in the story. We do not know who, ultimately, is at fault or who will carry the blame in the end.

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

Everything is out of your control, and you can only be truthful about how you feel.

nothing good ever comes out of denying the truth about our situation.

Detachment is not about refusing to feel or not caring or turning away from those you love. Detachment is profoundly honest, grounded firmly in the truth of what is.

I'm a fan of the truth... even if it's painfully hard to accept.

We are and we know we are and we love to be it and know it.

If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know.

The hardest thing to remember is that what we each really want is the truth of our lives, good or bad. Not rocking the boat is an illusion that can only be maintained by the unspoken agreement not to feel and in the long run it never really works. Let go of saving the boat and save the passengers instead.

There should be no distinction between what we write down, and what we really know.

I am relieved. May I now have the truth?

There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.

Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

There is a subtle but inescapable connection between the "sacred" attitude and the acceptance of one's in most self.

I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself.

The world is looking, not for Christians who are perfect, but for Christians who are honest and who are willing to be honest with some of our contradictions and hypocrisy.

There is nothing more necessary than truth, and in comparison with it everything else has only secondary value. This absolute will to truth: what is it? Is it the will to not allow ourselves to be deceived? Is it the will not to deceive? One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived.

You knew the truth all along, Colie. That's all matters. You knew.

I didn't try to be something I wasn't.

Inner peace comes only as we maintain the integrity of truth in all aspects of our lives.