Truth Quotes

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

Deconstruction insists not that truth is illusory but that it is institutional.

Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren't happening.

People believe that art and science are two distinct realms. It is far from the truth because, if you look at science from a microscope or from a different lens, you can see the beauty in science. It is very artistic.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

Truth cannot be defeated.

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.

Humans love truth and justice, and rejoice in ceremonies that honor those qualities. For that sentiment we should indeed thank God.

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

Stereotypes exist because there's always some truth to stereotypes. Not always, but often.

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.

Too much truth is uncouth.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

You can tell the truth, but sometimes you can't always be in your face with it. I found a way to tell the truth and put it in a nice, neat package for people to receive it. A lot of times, you have to put it in a nice, neat box with a bow tie, and when they open it, it's the truth. I think people respect that.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

In an effort to create a culture within my classroom where students feel safe sharing the intimacies of their own silences, I have four core principles posted on the board that sits in the front of my class, which every student signs at the beginning of the year: read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, tell your truth.