Quotes About Truth

[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

A truth does not become greater by repetition.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Listening to others, especially those with whom we disagree, tests our own ideas and beliefs. It forces us to recognize, with humility, that we don't have a monopoly on the truth.

I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail.

It is the business of the artist to uncover the strangeness of truth

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.

Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in.

The average man can't prove most of the things that he chooses to speak of, and still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul.

All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.

I want so badly to believe that there is truth, that love is real. And I want life in every word to the extent that it's absurd.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

Everybody talks and everybody listens, and somehow the truth just always comes up missin.