Quotes About Truth

Almighty Father! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold,-- A patriot bard, by sycophants reviled. Let him live usefully, and not die old!

Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.

Two seemingly incompatible conceptions can each represent an aspect of the truth... They may serve in turn to represent the facts without ever entering into direct conflict.

This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth.

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

Don't lie to me. Don't deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.

The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

To have arrived at the truth means that one no longer fears death. For death and truth are similar in that they both require a great courage if one wishes to face them.

Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.

Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger, but my finger is not the moon. Do you need my finger to see the moon?

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

The self is not the individual body or mind, but rather that aspect deep inside each individual person that knows the truth.

In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt.

I would rather stand alone in the light of truth than in the crowd filled with error.

All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.