Quotes About Truth

Once you introduce truth into a room, the room may never be the same again.

en un ser humano también existe una anatomía literal y una anatomía poética. Una se ve; la otra, no. Una está hecha de huesos y dientes y carne; la otra está hecha de energía y memoria y fe. Pero ambas son igual de verdaderas».

fact was not merely true about the lives of human beings; it was also true of every living entity on the planet, from the largest creation down to the humblest. It was

En un mundo dominado por el desorden y el desastre y el fraude tal vez sólo se pueda confiar en la belleza.

Don't believe a single thing any cunt or bastard tells you in this world. You go find out.

What is better; uncomfortable truths or comfortable lies? Everything is a kindness even if it makes others uncomfortable. Every untruth is an unknown even if it makes others uncomfortable.

insisted, "until the point is inarguable.

Di la verdad, di la verdad, di la verdad».

Oh, Jesus. How do you get out of this one? You don't. You can't get out of this one. Unless you're able to be honest, which of course I could not do.

My truth is not a condemnation of yours.

Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me.

As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and that the blue spring mist that make an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as the street itself.

You have grown a little beard, I said. You see it is not true that one can't change.

Ryle Hira: Life is what it is

Tell people the hammered truth, and it will ring like steel against an anvil.

I've never violated any woman." "Have you killed?" He paused at that, before reaching into the wardrobe to move aside her spare day gown. "Once or twice. The men deserved it, I assure you.

Why did men think that saying something louder made it true?

Faith is simply whatever is real to us.

It is a fact that we historians are interested in what is partly a reflection of ourselves, perhaps a part of ourselves we would rather not examine except through the medium of scholarship; it is also true that as we steep ourselves in our interests, they become more and more a part of us.

For all his attention to my historical education, my father had neglected to tell me this: history's terrible moments were real. I understand now, decades later, that he could never have told me. Only history itself can convince you of such a truth. And once you've seen that truth—really seen it—you can't look away.

It's the reward of the business (historian), to look history in the eye & say, 'I know who you are. You can't fool me.

Der Glaube ist das, was fuer uns real ist.

And once you've seen that truth - really seen it - you can't look away.

I like a puzzle, as you know. So does every scholar worth his salt. It's the reward of the business, to look history in the eye and say, 'I know who you are. You can't fool me'.