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Quotes About Truth

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.
~ Edward R. Murrow
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
~ Ezra Taft Benson
We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Every spoken word double-crosses us. The written word is the only tolerable form of communication, as it isn't a stone in a bridge between souls but a ray of light between stars.
~ Fernando Pessoa
Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.
~ Cynthia Ozick
If you say what you think don't expect to hear only what you like.
~ Malcolm Forbes
Conscious communication is called Turiya-when you are totally effective, totally understood and totally truthful.
~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Disagreement is a rare achievement, and most of what is called disagreement is simply confusion.
~ John Courtney Murray
Communications requires study, preparation, and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty.
~ Pope Francis
Anybody can be heard. Anyone can express their truths. And communication is possible without the confines of the body.
~ Marianne Williamson
Gossip is irresponsible communication.
~ Rita Mae Brown
We're no longer dealing in the world of the real in a truthful way. We're interacting with each other in shiny homepages. I don't think that makes for honest communication.
~ Joshua Ferris
Real communication is not possible. That is why my message, your perception and your expression shall never be the same.
~ Harshit Walia
It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.
~ Larry Wall
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
~ Isaac Asimov
Computers don't lie, but liars can compute.
~ Terry Hayes
It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.
~ Criss Jami, Killosophy
You are already That which you seek.
~ Ramana Maharshi
He who has no confidence utters falsehoods, and he who utters falsehoods has no confidence.
~ Nachman of Breslov
Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality
~ Matthieu Ricard
Who lacks confidence speaks lies more readily.
~ Nachman of Breslov
The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even if they see little.
~ Daniel Kahneman
Wake-up! Think for yourself, be yourself and return to what is real.
~ Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason