Truth Quote by Honoré de Balzac — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.”

“If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.”

“Love is the poetry of the senses!”

“Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man”

“Glory is the sunshine of the dead”

“Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?”

“Decide what your truth is. Then live it.”

“Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.”

“There is no such thing as 'your truth'. There is the truth and your opinion.”

“People trust their eyes above all else - but most people see what they wish to see, or what they believe they should see; not what is really there”

“There are moments in your life, moments when chances have to be taken. It's scary because there is always the possibility of failure. I know that. I KNOW that. Because once upon a time, I took a chance on a man that I had failed before. I was SCARED. I was TERRIFIED. I thought I might lose everything. But I wasn't living, then. The life I had before wasn't LIVING. It was getting by. And I will never regret the chances I took. Because it brought me to them. To all of them. I made my choice. And you're making yours.”

“No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection.”