Quotes About Truth

In the Far West there is one thing which is more fabulously valuable then gold, even. And that is a story, whether it be truth or good, true-sounding fiction. Stories

There's a word for that kind of lie. Hope.

To know is always better, no matter what the answer might be.

when we honestly bring our skepticism to God and diligently seek truth, He will not condemn us, but will help us find it.

We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.

In science, truth always wins

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.

A joke is a good camouflage. Next best comes sentiment... But the best camouflage of all - in my opinion - is the plain and simple truth. Because nobody ever believes it.

Ich bin nicht Stiller!

Die beste und sicherste Tarnung ist immer noch die blanke und nackte Wahrheit. Komischerweise die glaubt niemand.

Wieso seid ihr stärker als die Wahrheit

The egregious error committed by US statesmen and commanders was not that of lying to the world, but rather that of lying to themselves.

There is only one expression for truth: the thought which repudiates injustice. If insistence on the good sides of life is not sublated in the negative whole, it transfigures its own opposite: violence.

The very idea of truth has been reduced to the purpose of a useful tool in the control of nature, and the realization of the infinite potentialities inherent in man has been relegated to the status of a luxury. Thought that does not serve the interests of any established group or is not pertinent to the business of any industry has no place, is considered vain or superfluous.

The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.

To reject the word is to reject the human search.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure air of the mountains - so simple, so true, if once understood.

A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them to see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.