Muhammad al-Mahdi (869–941) 12th and last Imam in Twelver Shia Islam
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.25 p. 183
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“I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defence of it.”
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The Reasonableness of Christianity (1695)
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George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist
"The Prevention of Literature" (1946)
Context: Totalitarianism, however, does not so much promise an age of faith as an age of schizophrenia. A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud. Such a society, no matter how long it persists, can never afford to become either tolerant or intellectually stable. It can never permit either the truthful recording of facts or the emotional sincerity that literary creation demands. But to be corrupted by totalitarianism one does not have to live in a totalitarian country. The mere prevalence of certain ideas can spread a kind of poison that makes one subject after another impossible for literary purposes. Wherever there is an enforced orthodoxy — or even two orthodoxies, as often happens — good writing stops. This was well illustrated by the Spanish civil war. To many English intellectuals the war was a deeply moving experience, but not an experience about which they could write sincerely. There were only two things that you were allowed to say, and both of them were palpable lies: as a result, the war produced acres of print but almost nothing worth reading.
Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor
As quoted in Martin Niemöller, 1892-1984 (1984) by James Bentley, p. 223
Peace Pilgrim (1908–1981) American non-denominational spiritual teacher
The one-sentence peace message summarizing her ideas. Ch. 3 : The Pilgrimage
Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (1982)
“Cling to truth and it turns into falsehood. Understand falsehood and it turns into truth.”
Ryōkan (1758–1831) Japanese Buddhist monk
As translated in 1,001 Pearls of Wisdom (2006) by David Ross, p. 36
Context: Cling to truth and it turns into falsehood. Understand falsehood and it turns into truth. Truth and falsehood are two sides of the same coin. Neither accept one nor reject the other.
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
Fisher Ames (1758–1808) American politician
Niles' Weekly Register (7 May 1831) 40:163 http://books.google.com/books?id=jhEbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA163&dq=%22falsehood+proceeds+from+Maine+to+Georgia%22 <br class="br">Attributed