The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later. Aristotle
The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.
To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute. Aristotle
To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. Oscar Wilde
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Oscar Wilde
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. Thomas Jefferson
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
Truth is truth To the end of reckoning. William Shakespeare
Truth is truth To the end of reckoning.
Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected. Mahatma Gandhi
Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.
I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth. Scott Westerfeld
I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. W. Clement Stone
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least. Lord Chesterfield
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth. Agnes Repplier
There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. Wendell Phillips
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. Ayn Rand
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. James Madison
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
The truth is more important than the facts. Frank Lloyd Wright
The truth is more important than the facts.
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. Blaise Pascal
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty. Madame de Stael
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
Truth disappears with the telling of it. Lawrence Durrell
Truth disappears with the telling of it.
The truth of the matter is that facts seldom prove the truth. Why? Because truth is inly found in a journey. Harold J. Duarte bernhardt
The truth of the matter is that facts seldom prove the truth. Why? Because truth is inly found in a journey.
I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks. Real Live Preacher
I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks.
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Jean Cocteau
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.
Say what you have to say, not what you ought. any truth is better than make-Believe! Henry David Thoreau
Say what you have to say, not what you ought. any truth is better than make-Believe!
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. Tryon Edwards
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken. Pedro Calderon De La Barca
But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.
Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading. Quintus Septimius Tertullianus
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn it into grains of truth. But the ultimate atom will always essentially be an error, a miscalculation. Rene Daumal
Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn it into grains of truth. But the ultimate atom will always essentially be an error, a miscalculation.
Truth might be unattainable, but honesty is not. Stephen Watson
Truth might be unattainable, but honesty is not.
We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective. François R. Chateaubriand
We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. Saint Augustine
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
Love truth, and pardon error. Voltaire
Love truth, and pardon error.
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Niels Bohr
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive. Carolyn Wells
Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.
While it may be true that the best advertising is word-of-mouth, never lose sight of the fact it also can be the worst advertising. Jef I. Richards
While it may be true that the best advertising is word-of-mouth, never lose sight of the fact it also can be the worst advertising.
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands. Charles Simmons
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. Edith Sitwell
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
No one truth is rightly held till it is clearly conceived and stated, and no single truth is adequately comprehended till it is viewed in harmonious relations to all the other truths of the system of which Christ is the centre. A. A. Hodge
No one truth is rightly held till it is clearly conceived and stated, and no single truth is adequately comprehended till it is viewed in harmonious relations to all the other truths of the system of which Christ is the centre.
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. Mel Brooks
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
Truth is not determined by majority vote. Doug Gwyn
Truth is not determined by majority vote.
The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. Graham Greene
The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
There is no poison on earth more potent, nor half so deadly, as a partial truth mixed with passion. Michael J. Tucker
There is no poison on earth more potent, nor half so deadly, as a partial truth mixed with passion.
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you. Billy Wilder
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.
The truth needs so little rehearsal. Barbara Kingsolver
The truth needs so little rehearsal.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. Nadine Gordimer
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. Washington Irving
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
There's nothing more solemn than truth. There's no greater grievance to a tomb than hypocrisy, or a greater tribute to death than truth. Luis Munoz marin
There's nothing more solemn than truth. There's no greater grievance to a tomb than hypocrisy, or a greater tribute to death than truth.
An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all. Jimmy Johnson
An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all.
There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. Daniel Webster
There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.
A lie told often enough becomes the truth. Lenin
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it. Claude Adrien Helvetius
Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.
This does not make the authors of those narratives liars; it makes them servants of fallible human memory and perception. Tom Bissell
This does not make the authors of those narratives liars; it makes them servants of fallible human memory and perception.
Exactitude is not truth. Henri Matisse
Exactitude is not truth.
An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering. Byron Katie
An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.
The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say. Tom Stoppard
The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife. Johannes Kepler
Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.
Truth is a great flirt. Franz Liszt
Truth is a great flirt.
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. Wallace Stevens
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking. John Lubbock
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking.
This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth. Ring Lardner
This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth.
It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear! Anthony De Mello
It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. Werner Herzog
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.
I believe that in the end truth will conquer. John Wycliffe
I believe that in the end truth will conquer.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty. Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. Hamilton Wright Mabie
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.
Facts are many, but the truth is one. Rabindranath Tagore
Facts are many, but the truth is one.
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. Robert Brault
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.
Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence. James Cone
Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess. Walter Savage Landor
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Mark Twain
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe. Mark Twain
I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. Mark Twain
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie. Harrison Ford
The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. Sarah Bernhardt
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.
Intelligence has no attachment to the opinion it has formed, but only to the truth it may contain; and, knowing that error insinuates itself under the guise of truth, through the same inlets by which truth is admitted, it is ever diffident of its att. Mary Worley Montagu
Intelligence has no attachment to the opinion it has formed, but only to the truth it may contain; and, knowing that error insinuates itself under the guise of truth, through the same inlets by which truth is admitted, it is ever diffident of its att.
Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction. Diana Ossana
Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.
It's my experience that you really can't lose when you try the truth. Sharon Stone
It's my experience that you really can't lose when you try the truth.
If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth. Gerald Vann
If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth.
The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. Dorothy L. Sayers
The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.
Truth is always the sum of two half truths and one never catches them at the same time! Harold J. Duarte bernhardt
Truth is always the sum of two half truths and one never catches them at the same time!
I have no time to make money, I am searching for the truth. Louis Agassiz
I have no time to make money, I am searching for the truth.
Truth is the only safe ground to stand on. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails. Clarence Darrow
Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Sir Winston Churchill
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
The color of truth is gray. Andre Gide
The color of truth is gray.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Kahlil Gibran
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one... George Bernard Shaw
This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one...
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. George Bernard Shaw
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world. George Bernard Shaw
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. Aristotle
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. Carl Jung
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. Socrates
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth. Socrates
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.
And we should consider everyday lost on which we have not danced at least once: And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. Friedrich Nietzsche
And we should consider everyday lost on which we have not danced at least once: And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. Friedrich Nietzsche
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.
Who is better, they who promote truth over happiness, or happiness over truth? Friedrich Nietzsche
Who is better, they who promote truth over happiness, or happiness over truth?
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Friedrich Nietzsche
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
All that is straight lies. All truth is crooked; time itself is a circle. Friedrich Nietzsche
All that is straight lies. All truth is crooked; time itself is a circle.
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything. Friedrich Nietzsche
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
Convictions are the more dangerous enemy of truth than lies. Friedrich Nietzsche
Convictions are the more dangerous enemy of truth than lies.
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. Friedrich Nietzsche
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. Oscar Wilde
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. Oscar Wilde
Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. Oscar Wilde
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
Justice is truth in action. Benjamin Disraeli
Justice is truth in action.
We believe that an artist, in order to be true to himself and his work, must be a free man. John F. Kennedy
We believe that an artist, in order to be true to himself and his work, must be a free man.
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. John F. Kennedy
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
If you have one true friend you have more than your share. Dr. Thomas Fuller
If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Thomas Jefferson
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
A lie travels farther than the truth. Irish Proverb
A lie travels farther than the truth.
True strength lies in gentleness. Irish Proverb
True strength lies in gentleness.
Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike
Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King Jr.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. Martin Luther King Jr.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask. Yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask. Martin Luther King Jr.
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask. Yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask.
The picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true. Bob Dylan
The picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true.
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. Cyril Connolly
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last. Greg Evans
Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,To speak dishonorably is pardonable. Sophocles
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,To speak dishonorably is pardonable.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can beWhen there's no help in truth! Sophocles
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can beWhen there's no help in truth!
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
There's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth. Oliver Wendell Holmes
There's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.
Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self. Ralph Marston
Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.
Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength. Lao tzu
Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.
Without doubt one always looks more carefully at what one believes must be seen by many than at what one does only for oneself, and often the things that have seemed to me to be true when I began to concieve them have appeared false to me when I wanted to put them on paper. Rene Descartes
Without doubt one always looks more carefully at what one believes must be seen by many than at what one does only for oneself, and often the things that have seemed to me to be true when I began to concieve them have appeared false to me when I wanted to put them on paper.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. Rene Descartes
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
The course of true love was never easy. William Shakespeare
The course of true love was never easy.
God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty! William Shakespeare
God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!
When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies. William Shakespeare
When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments: love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds. William Shakespeare
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments: love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds.
This above all: to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare
This above all: to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
To thine own self be true -; And it must follow as the night the day; Thou canst not be false to any man. William Shakespeare
To thine own self be true -; And it must follow as the night the day; Thou canst not be false to any man.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. William Shakespeare
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie. William Shakespeare
Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie.
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same. Saint Teresa Of Avila
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same.
When truth is nothing but the truth, its unnatural, it's an abstraction that resembles nothing in the real world. In nature there are always so many other irrelevant things mixed up with the essential truth. Aldous Huxley
When truth is nothing but the truth, its unnatural, it's an abstraction that resembles nothing in the real world. In nature there are always so many other irrelevant things mixed up with the essential truth.
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. Aldous Huxley
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concetrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power.My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible. Nikola Tesla
The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concetrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power.My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth. Mahatma Gandhi
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always. Mahatma Gandhi
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.
Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride. Ernest Hemingway
Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Seneca
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
Truth never perishes (Veritas numquam perit). Seneca
Truth never perishes (Veritas numquam perit).
No man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. Charles Dickens
No man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner.
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. Charles Dickens
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! Matt Groening
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa. Matt Groening
Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will. Sallust
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. Sallust
To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. Franklin D. Roosevelt
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning.
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim Wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, Obtained with labor, for mankind employed, And then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. Alfred North Whitehead
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim Wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, Obtained with labor, for mankind employed, And then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
A man who works beyond the surface of things,though he may be wrong himself, yet he clears the way for others and may make even his errors subservient to the cause of truth. Edmund Burke
A man who works beyond the surface of things,though he may be wrong himself, yet he clears the way for others and may make even his errors subservient to the cause of truth.
I never set out to write a book to change women's lives, to change history. It's like, 'Who, me?' Yes, me. I did it. And I'm not that different from other women. ... Maybe my power and glory was that I could speak my truth as a woman and it was the truth of every woman. Betty Friedan
I never set out to write a book to change women's lives, to change history. It's like, 'Who, me?' Yes, me. I did it. And I'm not that different from other women. ... Maybe my power and glory was that I could speak my truth as a woman and it was the truth of every woman.
It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country. Will Durant
It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, somethimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them. John Locke
Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, somethimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them.
Repetition does not transform a lie into the truth. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Repetition does not transform a lie into the truth.
The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe. Deepak Chopra
The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.
No one who has read official documents needs to be told how easy it is to conceal the essential truth under the apparently candid and all- disclosing phrases of a voluminous and particularizing report.... Woodrow Wilson
No one who has read official documents needs to be told how easy it is to conceal the essential truth under the apparently candid and all- disclosing phrases of a voluminous and particularizing report....
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. Leo Tolstoy
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
True life is lived when tiny changes occur. Leo Tolstoy
True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
She had wit, she had grace, she had beauty; But above all, she had truth. Leo Tolstoy
She had wit, she had grace, she had beauty; But above all, she had truth.
One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. Arnold H. Glasgow
One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true. Walt Disney
I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true.
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. Arnold H. Glasgow
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. Confucius
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution. J. K. Rowling
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.
Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. Malcolm X
Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil. Menander
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right thing, but to enjoy right things; not merely industrious, but to love industry; not merely learned, but to love knowledge. John Ruskin
The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right thing, but to enjoy right things; not merely industrious, but to love industry; not merely learned, but to love knowledge.
Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true! Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. G. K. Chesterton
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Learn what is true in order to do what is right. Thomas Henry Huxley
Learn what is true in order to do what is right.
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Samuel Butler
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. Matthew Arnold
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? Lois McMaster Bujold
If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?
Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. Thomas Henry Huxley
Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.
The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. Cyril Connolly
The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities. William Arthur Ward
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
All true wealth is biological. Lois McMaster Bujold
All true wealth is biological.
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Lord Chesterfield
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self. Agnes Repplier
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
'Is it true that you smoke eight to ten cigars a day?' 'That's true.' 'Is it true that you drink five martinis a day?' 'That's true.' 'Is it true that you still surround yourself with beautiful young women?' 'That's true.' 'What does your doctor say about all of this?' 'My doctor is dead.' George F. Burns
'Is it true that you smoke eight to ten cigars a day?' 'That's true.' 'Is it true that you drink five martinis a day?' 'That's true.' 'Is it true that you still surround yourself with beautiful young women?' 'That's true.' 'What does your doctor say about all of this?' 'My doctor is dead.'
Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness. Henri Frederic Amiel
Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.
The true is inimitable, the false untransformable. Robert Bresson
The true is inimitable, the false untransformable.
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be. Henri Frederic Amiel
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
...for no man lives in the external truth among salts and acids, but in the warm, phantasmagoric chamber of his brain, with the painted windows and the storied wall. Robert Louis Stevenson
...for no man lives in the external truth among salts and acids, but in the warm, phantasmagoric chamber of his brain, with the painted windows and the storied wall.
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life. Henri Frederic Amiel
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.
The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds. Jawaharlal Nehru
The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional. Joe Paterno
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body. John Adams
The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.
The truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time but it ain't goin' away. Elvis Presley
The truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time but it ain't goin' away.
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