Quotes About Truth

It confuses me that Christian living is not simpler. The gospel, the very good news, is simple.

[A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow.

Everything is an illusion; that is the whole thing about it - illusion, immitation, a mirage. It makes me too sad. Its having like a good dream, you know you are going to wake up.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

The real genres: good and bad.

At this point, you are so far away from what you really are, it is ridiculous. The good news is that every step you take within brings you more in touch with that which you really are.

There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause.

I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I think everybody would like to break a good story.

Even if something within me is ugly, writing is a pretty good place to play with that thing and to begin to really see it.

Despite all that good news, there's plenty of horror stories being told. All of them are untrue, but they're being told all over America.

The more facts I can have, the better. I can operate very nicely between them, but I am not very good at making things up. I am not sure how ethical it is.

Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions.

All good things, all godly things, have been counterfeited by the devil.

I'm a pretty bad liar, and I'm not very good at keeping secrets.

"You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil.""Good will triumph over evil," said Richard. "Liar."

Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.

No picture can be good which deceives by its imitation, for the very reason that nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

That's always disappointing when you find a good story and you realize the person has died, because then it's difficult to report.

I want my arguments to be good arguments on the basis of what I actually have to say.

If it's good art, it's good.

People need good lies. There are too many bad ones.

I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put it, when I am lying and when I am not. For what is acting but lying and what is good acting but convincing lying?

It's good advice, but I expect it will be hard to follow; good advice is apt to be, I think.

Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves.