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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth
than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
- Thomas Jefferson
Related topics: Wisdom
Truth is not only violated by falsehood;
it may be equally outraged by silence.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
Only good comes from being honest and true.
Only harm and suffering come from falsehood.
It doesn't always feel as if good comes from truth and honesty,
but, in the long run, it does.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Beyond a doubt, truth bears the same relation
to falsehood as light to darkness.
- Leonardo da Vinci
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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
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
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
- Lao Tzu
Use the power of your word
in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz
When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.
- George Bernard Shaw
The water in a vessel is sparkling;
the water in the sea is dark.
The small truth has words which are clear;
the great truth has great silence.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
- Oscar Wilde
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing,
and should be treated with caution.
- J. K. Rowling
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
There are trivial truths and there are great truths.
The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false.
The opposite of a great truth is also true.
- Niels Bohr
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
Our actions are constrained by fear of reprisal,
but our dreams reveal our true character.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
In matters of truth and justice,
there is no difference between large and small problems,
for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
- Albert Einstein
If you have found your truth within yourself
there is nothing more in this whole existence to find.
- Osho
We all have a social mask, right?
We put it on, we go out, put our
best foot forward, our best image.
But behind that social mask is a personal truth,
what we really, really believe
about who we are and what we're capable of.
- Phil McGraw
The false can never grow into truth by growing in power.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Doubt is the vestibule which we all must pass through
before we can enter the temple of truth.
- Osho
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge
and the dissemination of truth.
- John F. Kennedy
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie,
deliberate, contrived and dishonest,
but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
- John F. Kennedy
Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion,
for the real and for the truth.
- Abraham Maslow
Be Impeccable With Your Word.
Speak with integrity.
Say only what you mean.
Avoid using your word to speak against yourself
or to gossip about others.
Use the power of your word
in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Begin to act from your dominion.
Declare the truth by telling yourself
that there is nothing to be afraid of,
that you no longer entertain any images of fear.
- Ernest Holmes
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
- Carl Jung
We occasionally stumble over the truth
but most of us pick ourselves up and
hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Winston Churchill
The presence of those seeking the truth
is infinitely to be preferred
to the presence of those who think they've found it.
- Terry Pratchett
Everything deep is also simple
and can be reproduced simply
as long as its reference
to the whole truth is maintained.
But what matters is not what is witty
but what is true.
- Albert Schweitzer
An error does not become truth
by reason of multiplied propagation,
nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
The search for truth is more precious than its possession.
- Albert Einstein
If you wish to see the truth,
then hold no opinion for or against.
- Osho
Even if you are a minority of one,
the truth is the truth.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Facts are many, but the truth is one.
- Rabindranath Tagore
We should not pretend to understand the world
only by the intellect.
The judgment of the intellect
is only part of the truth.
- Carl Jung
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;
not going all the way, and not starting.
- The Buddha
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters
cannot be trusted with important matters.
- Albert Einstein
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth
- not going all the way and not starting.
- The Buddha
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
- Harry S. Truman
Half a truth is often a great lie.
- Benjamin Franklin
Truth stands, even if there be no public support.
It is self-sustained.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable
who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
- Joseph Addison
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters
cannot be trusted in large ones either.
- Albert Einstein
Truth is absolute, but only to one person.
My truth is absolute to me, and your truth is absolute to you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Believe those who are seeking the truth.
Doubt those who find it.
- Andre Gide
Having a personal opinion is great.
Believing that one's personal opinion is absolute truth
leads to most of the world's troubles.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love is the ultimate meaning of everything around us.
Love is not a mere sentiment.
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger
we have already ceased striving for the truth,
and have begun striving for ourselves.
- The Buddha
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie.
I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave.
And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
- H.L. Mencken
There is no truth, only human opinion.
- Anonymous
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.
- John Bradshaw
What people believe prevails over the truth.
- Sophocles
Even the truth, when believed, is a lie.
You must experience the truth, not believe it.
- Werner Erhard
Love is like the truth,
sometimes it prevails,
sometimes it hurts.
- Victor M. Garcia Jr.
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty,
the contemplation of mystery,
or the search of truth or perfection
is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession
of such days is fatal to human life.
- Lewis Mumford
You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
- Maimonides
We tell the real truth of our life
by the stories we repeatedly tell.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
About most subjects, there is not "The Truth;"
there is merely one's personal truth.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
With manners comes insincerity.
Truth is sometimes difficult.
- Bono
The truth of the matter is that
you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it.
- Norman Schwarzkoff
There's a world of difference between truth and facts.
Facts can obscure truth.
- Maya Angelou
Whoever undertakes to set himself up
as a judge of Truth and Knowledge
is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
- Albert Einstein
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
- Henry David Thoreau
The truth is incontrovertible,
malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it,
but in the end; there it is.
- Winston Churchill
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
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