There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth . . . not going all the way, and not starting.

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth . . . not going all the way, and not starting. — Buddha

You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon a lie or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

Truth is not something in the distance; there is no path to it, there is neither your path nor my path; there is no devotional path, there is no path of knowledge or path of action, because truth has no path to it. The moment you have a path to truth, you divide it, because the path is exclusive; and what is exclusive at the very beginning will end in exclusiveness. The man who is following a path can never know truth because he is living in exclusiveness; his means are exclusive, and the means are the end, are not separate from the end. If the means are exclusive, the end is also exclusive. So there is no path to truth, and there are not two truths. Truth is not of the past or the present, it is timeless; the man who quotes the truth of the Buddha, of Shankara, of Christ, or who merely repeats what I am saying, will not find truth, because repetition is not truth. Repetition is a lie.

A mistake is only a mistake if you make it twice.

Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

There are many ways of being wrong, but only one way of being right.

Only two things are pursued for their own sake - even if they make you feel worse or make you worse off - truth and love.

Often it is not the wrong start but the wrong stop that makes the difference between success and failure.

Do not stop half way and do not ever go backward. There is no way behind you.

The only real mistake is knowing you need a change and not making it.