Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

truth

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans. 29 thoughts from Friedrich Schiller

Let us be a little humble let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us. 11 more quotes from Jawaharlal Nehru

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show. 5 quotes from Vivien Leigh

The color of truth is gray. 22 quotes from Andre Gide

The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. 3 thoughts from Lewis Thomas

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. 4 quotes from Marie Curie

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. 12 views from William Cowper

This is my truth, tell me yours. 11 views from Aneurin Bevan

Too much truth is uncouth. 8 more quotes from Franklin P. Adams

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent. 25 other quotes from Will Durant

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through. 52 quotes from George Eliot

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. 32 other wisdom & wit from William Blake

When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. 14 more wisdom & wit from Muhammad Iqbal

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. 8 other wisdom & wit from William Shenstone

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. 74 other thoughts from Winston Churchill

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth. 57 other thoughts from Will Rogers

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. 52 sayings from Albert Camus

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. 32 sayings from William Blake

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. 11 wisdom & wit from Bruce Lee

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. 98 quotes from Mark Twain

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. 52 views from Albert Camus

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom. 78 thoughts from Voltaire

If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics. 57 quotes from Will Rogers

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. 74 sayings from Winston Churchill

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. 74 more quotes from Winston Churchill

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music. 22 thoughts from Jimi Hendrix

Peace if possible, truth at all costs. 32 thoughts from Martin Luther

Reason is the natural order of truth but imagination is the organ of meaning. 25 other thoughts from C. S. Lewis

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. 78 quotes from Voltaire

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. 52 quotes from Albert Camus

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. 74 thoughts from Winston Churchill

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy. 39 quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. 78 quotes from Voltaire

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. 98 thoughts from Mark Twain

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities Truth isn't. 98 more sayings from Mark Twain

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. 52 views from Albert Camus

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

When in doubt tell the truth. 98 views from Mark Twain

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. 98 more views from Mark Twain

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. 22 quotes from Andre Gide

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know. 10 more views from Louisa May Alcott

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. 52 quotes from George Eliot

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. 2 views from Martha Gellhorn

I say that justice is truth in action. 75 sayings from Benjamin Disraeli

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. 75 other views from Benjamin Disraeli

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. 26 thoughts from Emily Dickinson

A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth. 14 quotes from Joseph Conrad

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. 8 views from Stephen Leacock

All truth is not to be told at all times. 68 more quotes from Samuel Butler

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. 68 quotes from Samuel Butler

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth. 7 sayings from John Greenleaf Whittier

Be truthful, nature only sides with truth. 4 quotes from Adolf Loos

Exactitude is not truth. 7 wisdom & wit from Henri Matisse

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. 68 other thoughts from Samuel Butler

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? 58 wisdom & wit from Thomas Carlyle

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. 21 more wisdom & wit from Jane Austen

Justice is truth in action. 75 other wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. 14 quotes from James Thurber

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die. 58 quotes from Thomas Carlyle

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth. 5 quotes from Albert Pike

Silence is the mother of truth. 75 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. 68 more thoughts from Samuel Butler

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

Tell the truth, but tell it slant. 26 quotes from Emily Dickinson

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 68 wisdom & wit from Samuel Butler

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. 46 quotes from George Santayana

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. 23 thoughts from Henry Miller

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. 46 quotes from George Santayana

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth. 68 other thoughts from Samuel Butler

There is no truth. There is only perception. 30 quotes from Gustave Flaubert

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time. 75 more wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it? 23 quotes from Henry Miller

What is earnest is not always true on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. 30 other quotes from Virginia Woolf

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others. 30 views from Charles Caleb Colton

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth. 30 other sayings from Virginia Woolf

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions. 26 other quotes from E. M. Forster

Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at? 36 quotes from Lord Byron

Science is but an image of the truth. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. 30 sayings from Charles Caleb Colton

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty. 21 other quotes from Abu Bakr

The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it. 23 more sayings from Paul Cezanne

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. 30 quotes from Virginia Woolf

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. 12 quotes from Daniel Webster

Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind. 2 other wisdom & wit from Giordano Bruno

To tell the truth is revolutionary. 2 views from Antonio Gramsci

Truth comes out in wine. 5 quotes from Pliny the Elder

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. 67 more quotes from Francis Bacon

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy. 10 quotes from Tertullian

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. 15 views from Albert Schweitzer

Truth is a good dog but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon

Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction. 36 other wisdom & wit from Lord Byron

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay falsehood by haste and uncertainty. 6 quotes from Tacitus

Truth is exact correspondence with reality. 3 sayings from Paramahansa Yogananda

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. 67 wisdom & wit from Francis Bacon

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon

Truth is what works. 40 more quotes from William James

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. 40 sayings from William James

What is truth? said jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answer. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon

Without the way, there is no going without the truth, there is no knowing without the life, there is no living. 12 more sayings from Thomas a Kempis

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. 30 thoughts from Virginia Woolf

Adversity is the first path to truth. 36 quotes from Lord Byron

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. 16 thoughts from Alan Watts

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. 56 other views from Khalil Gibran

Half a truth is often a great lie. 96 sayings from Benjamin Franklin

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. 12 more sayings from Simone de Beauvoir

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. 30 thoughts from Virginia Woolf

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. 19 more thoughts from Edgar Allan Poe

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth. 56 more thoughts from Khalil Gibran

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. 56 more quotes from Khalil Gibran

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert. 56 more wisdom & wit from Khalil Gibran

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' 56 views from Khalil Gibran

The first reaction to truth is hatred. 10 more thoughts from Tertullian

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. 24 wisdom & wit from Franklin D. Roosevelt

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. 5 sayings from Isaac Newton

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true. 9 quotes from Swami Vivekananda

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness. 56 quotes from Khalil Gibran

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. 19 other quotes from Elvis Presley

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. 56 quotes from Khalil Gibran

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. 56 more quotes from Khalil Gibran

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards. 7 views from Lewis Carroll

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. 29 other thoughts from W. Somerset Maugham

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. 12 quotes from Simone de Beauvoir

For truth is always strange stranger than fiction. 36 more quotes from Lord Byron

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers. 4 other wisdom & wit from Charles Peguy

I want to be distinguished from the rest to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. 15 sayings from Moliere

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. 29 other quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered the point is to discover them. 7 more quotes from Galileo Galilei

It is my feeling that Time ripens all things with Time all things are revealed Time is the father of truth. 13 more wisdom & wit from Francois Rabelais

Light is the symbol of truth. 24 quotes from James Russell Lowell

Tell the children the truth. 11 other quotes from Bob Marley

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. 24 quotes from Ayn Rand

The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now. 6 thoughts from Lana Turner

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.' 47 quotes from Abraham Lincoln

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning. 21 other wisdom & wit from Anais Nin

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light. 30 other thoughts from George Washington

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous. 9 more thoughts from Alfred Adler

Architecture is the reaching out for the truth. 3 wisdom & wit from Louis Kahn

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. 45 more views from John Ruskin

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. 31 quotes from Thomas Paine

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. 24 more quotes from James Russell Lowell

God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred. 7 quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. 32 quotes from Michel de Montaigne

I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. 3 quotes from Adlai Stevenson

It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own. 3 more quotes from James Otis

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. 26 other thoughts from Charles Dickens

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. 31 quotes from Thomas Paine

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. 45 quotes from John Ruskin

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. 13 more quotes from Ansel Adams

Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive. 5 other quotes from Edna St. Vincent Millay

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side. 24 more thoughts from James Russell Lowell

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. 10 quotes from Ramakrishna

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth. 3 quotes from Jules Verne

Tell the truth and shame the devil. 13 other wisdom & wit from Francois Rabelais

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it? 2 quotes from Anthony Hope

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it. 24 other views from James Russell Lowell

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. 25 other wisdom & wit from Simone Weil

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. 7 sayings from Jeremy Bentham

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth. 10 quotes from Charles Lamb

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth. 9 thoughts from Alfred Adler

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth. 10 more views from Ramakrishna

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. 26 more quotes from Charles Dickens

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. 8 more quotes from Charles Darwin

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. 24 more sayings from James Russell Lowell

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. 24 quotes from James Russell Lowell

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last. 2 thoughts from Hugh Walpole

It does not require many words to speak the truth. 17 thoughts from Chief Joseph

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. 27 quotes from James Madison

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. 27 other quotes from James Madison

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint. 8 views from Vernon Howard

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes. 3 sayings from Maimonides

You never find yourself until you face the truth. 7 quotes from Pearl Bailey

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. 105 other views from Albert Einstein

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. 105 sayings from Albert Einstein

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. 11 thoughts from Rene Descartes

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. 105 more thoughts from Albert Einstein

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. 105 thoughts from Albert Einstein

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. 105 more quotes from Albert Einstein

A lie told often enough becomes the truth. 14 quotes from Vladimir Lenin

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. 41 more quotes from Marcus Aurelius

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. 70 other thoughts from Thomas Jefferson

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow. 6 more views from Emile Zola

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. 70 wisdom & wit from Thomas Jefferson

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. 42 views from Josh Billings

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world. 70 thoughts from Thomas Jefferson

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may. 38 quotes from William Hazlitt

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. 16 wisdom & wit from David Hume

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. 42 other quotes from Josh Billings

Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. 12 more thoughts from George Herbert

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. 27 more wisdom & wit from Leonardo da Vinci

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. 14 other quotes from Clarence Darrow

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth. 7 quotes from Abraham Maslow

Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love these only can triumph, for these only can endure. 7 other quotes from Joseph Barber Lightfoot

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth. 3 wisdom & wit from George Canning

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. 2 views from Pietro Aretino

Ideas are, in truth, force. 10 more sayings from Henry James

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies. 8 quotes from Karl Kraus

Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth. 6 other wisdom & wit from Philip James Bailey

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth. 18 sayings from Emile M. Cioran

The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood. 9 quotes from Ludwig Wittgenstein

The pursuit of truth will set you free even if you never catch up with it. 14 quotes from Clarence Darrow

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. 6 quotes from Emile Zola

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. 20 other thoughts from Anatole France

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects. 27 more views from Leonardo da Vinci

Truth springs from argument amongst friends. 16 quotes from David Hume

When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of. 9 quotes from Ludwig Wittgenstein

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. 16 quotes from Otto von Bismarck

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. 11 other thoughts from Horace Mann

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it. 52 sayings from Gilbert K. Chesterton

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth. 26 quotes from Harry S. Truman

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. 14 thoughts from Arthur Conan Doyle

Justice is the truth in action. 14 sayings from Joseph Joubert

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below. 43 thoughts from Alexander Pope

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. 2 wisdom & wit from Ludwig Borne

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. 35 wisdom & wit from Rabindranath Tagore

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking. 9 quotes from Margaret Fuller

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own. 22 other sayings from Soren Kierkegaard

Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth. 11 quotes from John Stuart Mill

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth. 33 wisdom & wit from Thomas Huxley

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise. 11 quotes from Horace Mann

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth. 33 quotes from Thomas Huxley

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it. 2 more views from Edmond de Goncourt

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to. 10 views from B. C. Forbes

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. 14 more thoughts from Joseph Joubert

Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. 33 quotes from Thomas Huxley

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth. 35 thoughts from Rabindranath Tagore

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it. 10 other wisdom & wit from Novalis

Truth is on the side of the oppressed. 21 quotes from Malcolm X

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. 14 more views from Arthur Conan Doyle

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. 30 quotes from Walt Whitman

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. 14 quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. 46 quotes from John F. Kennedy

Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you. 8 other thoughts from Bobby Darin

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror. 35 sayings from Rabindranath Tagore

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both. 135 more sayings from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Facts are many, but the truth is one. 35 sayings from Rabindranath Tagore

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

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. 10 quotes from Patrick Henry

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. 9 other views from Jiddu Krishnamurti

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. 26 quotes from Harry S. Truman

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. 21 sayings from Malcolm X

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. 7 quotes from Jerome K. Jerome

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. 35 more sayings from Rabindranath Tagore

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. 14 quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both. 11 other thoughts from Horace Mann

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. 46 quotes from John F. Kennedy

The water in a vessel is sparkling the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear the great truth has great silence. 35 sayings from Rabindranath Tagore

Truth is beautiful, without doubt but so are lies. 135 thoughts from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none. 135 more quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. 135 sayings from Ralph Waldo Emerson

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. 52 other thoughts from Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. 24 views from Joseph Addison

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified. 33 more quotes from Thomas Huxley

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade. 43 other quotes from Alexander Pope

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. 14 other views from Arthur Conan Doyle

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth. 33 quotes from Thomas Huxley

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. 24 quotes from James A. Baldwin

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. 33 thoughts from Thomas Huxley

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. 2 other thoughts from Ludwig Borne

Half a truth is better than no politics. 52 views from Gilbert K. Chesterton

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? 14 other quotes from Arthur Conan Doyle

I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. 26 more quotes from Harry S. Truman

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie. 11 wisdom & wit from Thomas Mann

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. 9 quotes from Charles Spurgeon

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. 47 quotes from George Orwell

Live truth instead of professing it. 59 other quotes from Elbert Hubbard

The truth is more important than the facts. 26 quotes from Frank Lloyd Wright

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves. 53 more sayings from Marilyn Monroe

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.' 17 thoughts from Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. 11 quotes from Thomas Mann

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. 57 views from Blaise Pascal

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. 47 other wisdom & wit from George Orwell

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. 57 more views from Blaise Pascal

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. 28 other sayings from William Butler Yeats

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. 57 thoughts from Blaise Pascal

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. 47 more sayings from George Orwell

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. 57 views from Blaise Pascal

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better. 57 more quotes from Blaise Pascal

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. 3 quotes from Dorothy L. Sayers

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history. 47 quotes from George Orwell

There is no original truth, only original error. 5 quotes from Gaston Bachelard

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same. 57 more quotes from Blaise Pascal

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then life is dull without it. 18 quotes from Pearl S. Buck

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. 57 other quotes from Blaise Pascal

Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction. 12 other quotes from Marquis de Sade

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. 57 views from Blaise Pascal

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. 28 other sayings from William Butler Yeats

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. 11 sayings from William Osler

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. 3 quotes from Arthur Balfour

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. 19 wisdom & wit from Carl Jung

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. 45 other wisdom & wit from Aldous Huxley

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it. 12 sayings from Franz Kafka

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. 45 thoughts from Aldous Huxley

The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. 7 sayings from Walter Benjamin

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. 24 thoughts from Jean Cocteau

The truth is lived, not taught. 10 other thoughts from Hermann Hesse

The truth is that men are tired of liberty. 8 views from Benito Mussolini

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison. 14 more wisdom & wit from Andre Maurois

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond. 18 wisdom & wit from Marcel Proust

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth. 19 more thoughts from Carl Jung

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. 31 views from Eric Hoffer

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. 45 quotes from Aldous Huxley

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. 7 quotes from John Calvin

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie. 45 wisdom & wit from Aldous Huxley

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. 117 more quotes from Henry David Thoreau

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. 115 more quotes from George Bernard Shaw

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. 117 other views from Henry David Thoreau

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. 117 wisdom & wit from Henry David Thoreau

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. 115 more views from George Bernard Shaw

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing. 117 thoughts from Henry David Thoreau

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. 7 sayings from John Calvin

Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it. 8 more sayings from Mary Baker Eddy

I am a lie who always speaks the truth. 24 more quotes from Jean Cocteau

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. 16 quotes from Coco Chanel

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. 15 quotes from Walter Scott

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen. 17 quotes from John Dryden

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. 13 more sayings from Herman Melville

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job. 16 wisdom & wit from Samuel Goldwyn

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job. 16 quotes from Samuel Goldwyn

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. 15 quotes from John Locke

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth. 26 other quotes from Jean de la Bruyere

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. 26 quotes from Jean de la Bruyere

The most powerful element in advertising is the truth. 5 more quotes from William Bernbach

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth. 6 wisdom & wit from H. P. Lovecraft

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. 9 sayings from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Truth is in things, and not in words. 13 more quotes from Herman Melville

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. 13 other sayings from Herman Melville

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. 6 sayings from Sara Teasdale

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. 15 other quotes from John Locke

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. 63 quotes from Samuel Johnson

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. 63 quotes from Samuel Johnson

Language is the house of the truth of Being. 6 quotes from Martin Heidegger

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false. 24 thoughts from Henri Frederic Amiel

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. 63 more views from Samuel Johnson

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth. 63 more thoughts from Samuel Johnson

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion. 24 other wisdom & wit from Henri Frederic Amiel

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them. 90 views from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. 21 more wisdom & wit from Miguel de Cervantes

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come. 26 wisdom & wit from Theodor Adorno

Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence. 24 more quotes from Henri Frederic Amiel

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. 21 quotes from Miguel de Cervantes

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water. 21 other views from Miguel de Cervantes

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. 60 more quotes from H. L. Mencken

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered there is only error to be exposed. 60 more quotes from H. L. Mencken

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. 21 more wisdom & wit from Leo Tolstoy

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. 21 other wisdom & wit from Leo Tolstoy

A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth. 2 more quotes from Walter Martin

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. 24 more thoughts from Henri Frederic Amiel

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. 26 other thoughts from Theodor Adorno

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. 21 sayings from Laurence J. Peter

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now! 7 thoughts from Swami Sivananda

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. 63 more thoughts from Samuel Johnson

Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth. 19 other wisdom & wit from H. G. Wells

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. 19 more views from John Keats

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth. 100 views from Mahatma Gandhi

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. 103 other views from Friedrich Nietzsche

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie? 103 more quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. 100 thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. 29 more quotes from Pablo Picasso

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. 100 other quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us. 100 other views from Mahatma Gandhi

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. 100 other wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. 103 wisdom & wit from Friedrich Nietzsche

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. 100 other quotes from Oscar Wilde

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality. 100 other thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him. 100 other quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep the truth is that they are not even shallow. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. 100 wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. 103 more thoughts from Friedrich Nietzsche

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. 103 thoughts from Friedrich Nietzsche

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent. 100 more quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. 9 other quotes from Hannah Arendt

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. 100 quotes from Oscar Wilde

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true. 9 quotes from Niels Bohr

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth. 103 other thoughts from Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. 13 other wisdom & wit from Jean Rostand

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Truth never damages a cause that is just. 100 other wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. 100 wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi

We have art in order not to die of the truth. 103 thoughts from Friedrich Nietzsche

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. 16 thoughts from Denis Diderot

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. 103 more quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

Alas! they had been friends in youth but whispering tongues can poison truth. 24 views from Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. 29 more wisdom & wit from Pablo Picasso

Humility is truth. 15 quotes from Desiderius Erasmus

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination. 19 sayings from John Keats

I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love. 5 other thoughts from Michael Landon

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. 24 quotes from Adlai E. Stevenson

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme. 29 quotes from Pablo Picasso

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does. 8 quotes from Helen Hayes

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. 15 quotes from Desiderius Erasmus

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. 16 other sayings from Wallace Stevens

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. 16 views from Denis Diderot

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. 6 quotes from William Temple

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. 9 quotes from Niels Bohr

The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. 6 wisdom & wit from Sarah Bernhardt

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. 8 wisdom & wit from Frank Herbert

To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death. 2 other quotes from Peter Tosh

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. 15 more quotes from William Penn

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand. 29 more quotes from Pablo Picasso

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. 4 other thoughts from Shinichi Suzuki

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth. 19 other thoughts from John Keats