Quotes About Truth

If people thought a quarter of what they speak, this world would be heaven.

Life had taught her that we all require big and small lies in order to survive, just as much as we need air. She used to say that if during one single day, from dawn to dusk, we could see the naked reality of the world, and of ourselves, we would either take our own lives or lose our minds.

Hay pocas razones para decir la verdad, pero para mentir el número es infinito.

I prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth.

Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.

Does the madman know he is mad? Or are the madmen those who insist o. Convincing him of his unreason in order to safeguard their own idea of reality?

Probablemente un extraño nos ve como somos, no como quiere creer que somos

Tiene usted mala cara - dictaminó. - Indigestión. - ¿De qué? - De realidad.

The fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces like the power of lies, the greater the better. It's only natural, and you will have to find the right balance. Having said that, let me add that this particular old woman hasn't been collecting only years; she has also collected stories, and none sadder or more terrible than the one she's about to tell you. You have been at the heart of this story without knowing it until today ...

Como ladrón no valía un céntimo, pero como mentiroso debo confesar que siempre fui un artista.

Marina me dijo una vez que sólo recordamos lo que nunca sucedió

Truth is never perfect, never squares with all expectations. Truth always poses doubts and questions. Only lies are one hundred percent believable, because they don't need to justify reality, they simply have to tell us what we want to hear.

You don't look well, he pronounced. Indigestion, I replied. From what? Reality. Join the queue.

Los libros son espejos: sólo se ve en ellos lo que uno ya lleva dentro —replicó Julián.

Às vezes, as coisas mais reais só acontecem na imaginação. A gente só lembra do que nunca aconteceu.

Men are like chestnuts they sell in the street: they're all hot and they all smell good when you buy them, but when you take them out of the paper cone you realise that most of them are rotten inside.

1My father says a hunch is your brain's way of taking a short cut to the truth,' replied Max. 'He's a wise man, your father. What else does he say?' 'That the more you try to hide from the truth, the quicker it finds you.

Justice is an affectation of perspective, not a universal value.

If there is a god, or hundreds of them, I hope they will forgive me for the harm I may have inflicted on you by telling you exactly what happened.

the public will always choose a warmed-up lie over the cold truth.

Time curses all, I thought, except the truth.

Time cures all, I thought, except the truth.

Todo es un cuento... Lo que creemos, lo que conocemos, lo que recordamos e incluso lo que soñamos. Todo es un cuento, una narración, una secuencia de sucesos y personajes que comunican un contenido emocional. Un acto de fe es un acto de aceptación, aceptación de una hitoria que se nos cuenta. Sólo aceptamos como verdadero aquello que puede ser narrado.

Truth cannot be found, son. It finds you.