Quotes About Truth

The memory of what is not may be better than the amnesia of what is.

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.

Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith.

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

En toda disputa teórica subyace la idea de la existencia de una verdad común; si cada cual tuviera su propia verdad, no habría disputas. (32)

We tell ourselves our own stories, selectively, in order to keep our sense of self intact.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and those are the people you need to concentrate on.

Emotions are what make us human. Make us real. The word 'emotion' stands for energy in motion. Be truthful about your emotions, and use your mind and emotions in your favor, not against yourself.

There are, in effect, two things: to know and to believe one knows. To know is science. To believe one knows is ignorance.

That is, unfortunately, true, Galaxy Commander Howell." Horse stepped forward boldly and flattened his palms on Howell's desk as he leaned across toward the other man. "But, whether you know it or not, I have won a place in the Remembrance. How many lines do you have in the Smoke Jaguar Remembrance, Galaxy Commander?

Denial is apt to be quicker than the truth, and so are well-rehearsed lies.

The mask of self-deception was no longer a mask for me, it was a part of me. Night lifted it, laying bare the stifled truth below; but there was no one to see except myself

The mask of self-deception was not longer a mask for me, it was a part of me. Night lifted it, laying bare the stifled truth below; but there was no one to see except myself, and when day broke the mask fell back again of its own accord.

He's a trump!" said Clifford, "and if he swears the world is as good and pure as his own heart, I'll swear he's right.

Mais je croy que je Suis descendu on puiz Ténébreux onquel disoit Heraclytus estre Vereté cachée.

I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth...

In a sense, they had committed emotional suicide in order to protect themselves from the painful truth of their experiences.

This admission is a fundamental step in changing the situation in the family. As long as the fantasy of love is maintained, there will be no real change.

When parents cannot bear to know that they are rejecting their children, they systematically cut off the children's opportunity to express themselves. Hiding the truth forces the children to bury their pain, which interferes with the possibility of healing.

Can stories as stories be true of reality other than that posited in the storytelling itself? Can Aristotle's criterion of a good story apply to nonfiction, as he himself did not think it did?

The doctrine of the Trinity is the Christian church's answer to the question, How does truth hang together? And how may it be grasped as one?

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last. —Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford (1717–1797)