Quotes About Truth

Truth is ever incoherent, and when the big hearts strike together, the concussion is a little stunning.

Truth and untruth often co-exist; good and evil often are found together

I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.

Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.

A meeting is an occasion when people gather together, some to say what they do not think, and others not to say what they really do.

Por desgracia, la línea divisoria entre la noticia y el chisme siempre ha sido muy delgada.

Sometimes her capacity for self-deception disturbed her.

Was the reality quite what he had been telling himself it was?

Mentimos para convencer al mundo, y para convencernos a nosotros mismos, de que somos algo que no somos...

Only as she heard her own words did she realize how melodramatic, how self-pitying they sounded. And how true.

Everything about my life was a lie and remained so until after his death. What I set as my primary goal in life was all a mirage in a vast, empty desert.

I want you to know—and I swear by all that I once held honorable that I tell the truth—that I loved you when we came here together . . . I loved you, Becky, with the whole of my being.

nearest their window was horribly visible

Henry could not escape the truth. She loved Marius quite hopelessly. Finally, after believing that no man would ever be worthy of her entire trust and respect, she seemed to have found such a man.

You still love him, then, he said when they had moved out of earshot. Elizabeth decided not to lie. Against all reason, yes, she said.

He had paid dearly for his secrecy, for his lack of courage in coming to the point.

Sometimes one's prejudices and preconceptions were more enjoyable to cling to than inconvenient facts that pointed in a different direction.

And some people have the gift of speaking the truth and convincing their listeners that it is a lie.

is the epitome of unfairness that many people would choose the comfortable lie over the uncomfortable truth and, in this case, would brand you as the archvillain instead of him.

I had forgot that you have discovered my darkest secret—that I am a gentleman at heart.

Can we accept reality now and move on?

Can't you see? Have you been blind all these years? Haven't you known that it has always been you? Always?

I wish I had realized that before. But it is true. And now I may hate you with my whole heart.