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Truth is the seat of God. Truth is God. Truth alone triumphs.
Truth is the basic law of life. Truth is the means and the goal ultimate.
Truth is the law of freedom, falsehood the law of slavery and death.
Truth is justice, fair play, adherence to the fundamental laws of ethics. Purity and truth are the twin factors that unfold and awaken the divinity that lies dormant within you and lead you to perfection.
Truthfulness is the first pillar in the Temple of God-realization. Truth is the gateway to the Kingdom of God.
Truth is like a ladder. It leads you to the Kingdom of Immortal Bliss.
Truth is righteousness. Righteousness is light, and light is bliss. Ahimsa (non-injury), Brahmacharya (sense-control), purity, justice, harmony, forgiveness, peace are forms of truth.
Impartiality, self-control, modesty, endurance, goodness, renunciation, meditation, dignity, fortitude, compassion, and abstention from injury are the various forms of truth.
All the above virtues, though seemingly different, have but one and the same form, namely, truth. All these hold up truth and strengthen it.
When the path of truth is trodden, everything else also is done. When the root is watered, all the branches are automatically watered.
SWAMI SIVANANDA