Truth Quotes
We should know what is true before we break our rage.
AeschylusAeschylus Madness is the false punishment of a false solution, but by its own virtue, it brings to light the real problem, which can then be truly resolved.
Michel FoucaultMichel Foucault It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
Anatole FranceAnatole France Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.
ChanakyaChanakya Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the 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 RuizDon Miguel Ruiz 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 TagoreRabindranath Tagore Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
Jules VerneJules Verne A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
SaadiSaadi Everything has always already been said. And yet this “same” possesses, as its inner truth, the inexhaustable wealth of what is on every day as if that day were its first.
Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says.
Hudson TaylorHudson Taylor There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
Robert FrostRobert Frost The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never.
Helly McGibbonHelly McGibbon If you want truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world, it will fly: it is as light as a feather, and a breath will carry it. It is well said in the old proverb, ‘a lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on’.
Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
Karl PopperKarl Popper