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Quotes About Truth

Discussions of death and such matters do more to unlock the human tongue than any other subject.
~ Agatha Christie
Its easy to lie, but hard to confess
~ Mohammad Azeem
Facts are much more malleable than prejudices.
~ Theodore Dalrymple
Human beings may be inconsistent, but human nature is true to itself
~ John Jakes
A snake must be treated as a snake, forgiving it every time it showed you its fangs, will not transform into a garland of flowers.
~ Himmilicious
The author is still dead, folks!!
~ A. Cretan
For Art may err but Nature cannot miss.
~ John Dryden
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
~ Juvenal
Our vision is more obstructed by what we think we know than by our lack of knowledge.
~ Krister Stendahl
Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.
~ Walt Disney
Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.
~ Elias Canetti
We sucked in atheism with our canned milk.
~ Joy Davidman
We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the version of the world they really believed in.
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
Ninja faith stands. It is not shaken when things seem contrary to what one expects. Ninja faith chooses to believe the truth.
~ Anna M. Aquino
Patience protects you from deception
~ A. R. Bernard
Tolerance is an attitude of reasoned patience toward evil... a forbearance that restrains us from showing anger or inflicting punishment. Tolerance applies only to persons... never to truth.
~ Fulton J. Sheen
hoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
~ Jonathan Swift
The only thing that isn't worthless: to live this life out truthfully and rightly, And be patience with those who don't.
~ Marcus Aurelius
I don't have much patience for anyone who denies that this challenge is real.
~ Barack Obama
It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.
~ Walter Cronkite
If one harbours anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible.
~ George Orwell
The urge to lie is produced by the contradictions in our lives. We are made to declare love for our country, while it tramples our rights and dignity.
~ Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.
~ Louis Farrakhan