Quotes About Truth

I told you all this so that you understand that if someone says that something is so, that does not prove that it is so.

he belonged. We did not, and because we did not, we had no positive—we were condemned to negatives, to not revealing ourselves, to not speaking when we would, to not using what we knew, to not being found out—to a life of perpetual deception, concealment, and lying.

I'm not bigoted enough to twist the facts to suit what I've been taught.

It is not at all pleasant to kill a living thing, but if we pretend that we can continue life without killing we would be nothing but hypocrites.

Sospecho que alguna vez oyó decir a alguien que la verdad nunca es simple y de ello dedujo que todo aquello que no es simple tiene que ser vedad a la fuerza.

Only half the story is true. The rest is necessary.

You think you got something big to say? Something momentous? Or is it what you had to memorize in order to escape the men with lightning in their eyes?

When you get old....you become invisible. It's just the truth. And yet it's freeing in a way.

In the best stories that sense comes through: it is what it is.

The mystery of the Bible lies not so much in what it says, as in what it does not say.

But what, I ask, was life really like? What hard evidence do we have for what we might want to know about women's lives? No evidence means no real knowledge.

She whispered, 'C'etait la Verite?' Was that Verity? Or perhaps she just meant, Was that the truth? Was it true? Did any of it really happen? Were the last three hours real? 'Yes,' I whispered back. 'Oui. C'etait la verite.

Truth is the daughter of time, not authority.'" And:

William, when you do gymnastics, you have to be honest about everything you do in the other parts of your life too. Otherwise, your body will deceive you and you won't be able to turn the tricks.

No question is ever settled until it is settled right.

One woman was sure that her father would appear on her front steps and try to kill her. In actuality, he hid from her after that, avoiding her totally. He was scared of her. You may not realize it, but you hold a lot of power when you tell the truth.

The things you have heard are true; we are the mothers of monsters. We would, however, like to clarify a few points. For instance, by the time we realized what Jeffrey had been up to, he was gone.

everything spoken on this earth contains a truth not always apparent at the time.

Before. Yes, before, I sailed my little boat on a placid sea of ignorance. Was I blissful? Oh my, yes. Before the truth floated like jetsam towards me, fouling my rudder . . .

Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.

If we lived each day as our last, I bet we'd all be a lot more honest with people, because we wouldn't have to care what people think anymore.

If you have to say you're kidding, it might not be a great joke.

Untruth yields to truth" A maxim from "Audacht Morainn," an ancient Irish wisdom text.

The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit.