Quotes
Quotes about Truth
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
In truth you owe naught to any man. You owe all to all men.
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
In truth you owe naught to any man. You owe all to all men.
And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
I have no enemies, O God, but if I am to have an enemy Let his strength be equal to mine, That truth alone may be the victor.
He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth.
Mistakes live in the neighbourhood of truth and therefore delude us.
It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.
The lie that exalts us is dearer than a thousand sober truths.
I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth.
Speak the truth, then leave quickly.
I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.
Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
The truth must dazzle gradually
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
