Motivational Quotes

Truth

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

- Aristotle

Best Quotes about Truth

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Against my soul's pure truth why labour you to make it wander in an unknown field?

William Shakespeare

2.

The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

Pancoast, Mal

3.

What is, is; and what ain't, ain't

Granville, Joseph E.

4.

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.

Zola, Emile

5.

While you live tell truth and shame the devil.

William Shakespeare

6.

Truth will come to light ... at the length, the truth will out.

William Shakespeare

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We spend all our time looking for some concept of Truth, but Truth is what is left when we drop all concepts.

Merzel, David

8.

The truth is lived, not taught.

Hesse, Hermann

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It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

Bradshaw, John

10.

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and does not gather votes. He does not attempt to charm the public, he offers nothing and promises nothing. He can offer, if anything, only his own skin -- and he offers it solely because he has no other way of affirming the truth he stands for. His actions simply articulate his dignity as a citizen, regardless of the cost.

Havel, Vaclav

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The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth,and it goes away. Puzzling.

Pirsig, Robert M.

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One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

14.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

Kennedy, John F.

15.

Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

16.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Lee, Bruce

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We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

Hesiod

18.

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.

Carrel, Alexis

19.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Proverb, Yiddish

20.

Truth lives on in the midst of deception.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

21.

Have a deep respect for the source of life and also for the ocean, for the forest, for the stars and for the truth.

22.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

Balfour, Arthur James

23.

Love truth, and pardon error.

Voltaire

24.

Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.

Gide, Andre

25.

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.

Norris, Frank

26.

When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do.

Blake, William

27.

Telling someone the truth is a loving act.

Pancoast, Mal

28.

There is no god higher than truth.

Gandhi, Mahatma

29.

If truth is beauty, then how come no one has their hair done in a library?

Tomlin, Lily

30.

See it like it is!

Cohen, Herb

31.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

Camus, Albert

32.

Though I can make my extravaganzas appear credible, I cannot make the truth appear so.

Shaw, George Bernard

33.

People deserve... the truth. They deserve honesty. The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

Springsteen, Bruce

34.

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Rosten, Leo

35.

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

Woolf, Virginia

36.

Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it.

Helvetius, Claude A.

37.

Say not, I have found the truth, but rather, I have found a truth.

Gibran, Kahlil

38.

If ever we hear a case of lying, we must look for a severe parents. A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.

Alder, Alfred

39.

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an instrument which only truth can speak.

Pilgrim, Peace

40.

They breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.

William Shakespeare

41.

The TRUTH: It may not lead you to where you thought you were going, but it will always lead you somewhere better. When ignored, it will eventually show itself. The closeness of your relationships is directly proportional to the degree to which you have revealed the truth about yourself. It can be painful.

42.

One should be just as careful about lying as about telling the truth.

Strachey, Lionel

43.

Just because you can laugh doesn't mean you can't tell the truth. Truth is often the jester.

44.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Pindar

45.

Our job is only to hold up the mirror -- to tell and show the public what has happened.

Cronkite, Walter

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