Quotes About Truth

Even innocence itself has many a wile, And will not dare to trust itself with truth, And love is taught hypocrisy from youth.

But he who seeks the flowers of truth Must quit the garden for the field

Adversity is the first path to truth.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

Ridicule is the best test of truth.

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.

The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.

Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.

There is no gravity," I said. He grinned lopsidedly. "The earth sucks. Ain't it the truth.

A straightforward answer to a straightforward question will move you that much more forward in this world, that much faster.

Authentic Instruction is not always comforting or comfortable.

do not believe in my truth and I do not believe in your truth. I believe in the truth.

Mostly authentic is impossible. You are authentic or you are not.

The Cream Does NOT Always Rise To The Top! There is a serious misconception, misconnection and mistake in this idea of thinking

Truth is not flexible. If they have to stretch, bend or hide the truth in order to get that connection or sale; they might not the best person to connect with or buy from.

Cuando un hombre tiene que abusar de la mentira para cumplir con su deber puede estar seguro de que anda equivocado de verdad o de deber.

Because we all lie. Every one of us, and whoever claims they don't is the biggest liar of all.

what we remember depends upon what we believe—the human mind is not an objective recorder of information . . ." ~ MJ Brogan, Sins Not Forgotten

We go through life mishearing and mis-seeing and misunderstanding so that the stories we tell ourselves will add up. We fill in gaps that make no sense because we want to believe something.

taunted me with a bottle, saying they would push it up my butt. I was terrified that if I was the only one who stuck my neck out and told the truth of what we all saw, I'd be outed and worse. I honestly believed they might beat and kill me if I came forward and ratted on them and Jon and the other team members.

Statistics also show that, unfortunately, once someone seriously suspects infidelity, more often than not, their suspicion is correct.

two ways to be fooled, kultaseni, my little gold. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

People see what they want to see, or what they are told to see, and once that picture starts to fill your mind, logic starts bending things to fit. My job is to tell the truth, kultaseni. That is my belief with this newspaper of mine . . . that's why I started it.