Quotes About Truth

Don't ever ask questions that can only be answered one way, no matter what the truthful answer might be.

That was the difference between her and the idiots of the world. They were all trying to look smart and keep their social standing. Whereas Valentine didn't care about social standing, she cared about getting it right. Getting the truth—when the truth was gettable.

but Ender knew that lies could not last long in America. So he believed.

Speakers for the dead apparently have an almost pathological reliance on the idea that people behave better when they know more.

Puede que sea imposible disfrazarse con una identidad sin convertirse en lo que se finge ser.

but the truth is that no person ever understands another, from beginning to end of life, there is no truth that can be known, only the story we imagine to be true, the story they tell us is true, the story they really believe to be true about themselves; and all of them lies.

Only fools think that truth disappears when the boundaries of belief are crossed.

Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind those words.

O Sehnor e descrente?' You're an unbeliever? 'So descredo no increivel.' I only disbelieve the unbelievable.

Even if that's just bullshit, sir, it's first-rate bullshit.

You can tell a lie now and then, but what happens to you when you try to live your whole life inside a lie?

True implies that you have found a connection that exists independent of your apprehension of it, that would exist whether you noticed it or not.

I always tell what I believe. Whether it's true, I'm no more sure than any man.

Children couldn't stomach the truth, adults believed. Children had to be protected from the harsh realities of the world.

they were guilty of too much belief in a story they were told. Most people are able to hold most stories they're told in abeyance, to keep a little distance between the story and their inmost heart.

I find out what I really want by seeing what I do," said Ender. "That's what we all do, if we're honest about it. We have our feelings, we make our decisions, but in the end we look back on our lives and see how sometimes we ignored our feelings, while most of our decisions were actually rationalizations because we had already decided

And I never believe a man who says he never lies. A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself, said Taleswapper.

Nothing that actually happens is likely until it exists, and then it's certain. You exist.

Yet in your stories, you must imagine all these things, not just because it will make the world of your story more complete, but also because the very completeness of the world will transform your story and make it far more truthful. As your characters move through a more complex world, they will have to respond with greater subtlety and flexibility; the constant surprises they run into will also surprise the reader - and you!

life was worthwhile enough, despite their errors, that when they died a Speaker should tell the truth for them.

with than the person who actually lived.

If only such sad people could remember: Everyone is naked. Everyone wants to hide. But life is still sweet. Let it go on.

but the most important message was this: the adults are the enemy, not the other armies. They do not tell us the truth.

Metaphorical flavor doesn't influence reality," said the expendable.