Truth Quotes - Page 24

For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

We may well be the ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks the truth." The point is clear: If the people speak and the king doesn't listen, there is something wrong with the king. If the king acts precipitously and the people say nothing, something is wrong with the people.

Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself?

Find your mark, look the other fellow in the eye, and tell the truth.

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

In a world that has REALLY been turned on its head, truth is a moment of falsehood.

The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing.

Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.

Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.

Never be discouraged from being an activist because people tell you that you'll not succeed. You have already succeeded if you're out there representing truth or justice or compassion or fairness or love.

Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.

The only barrier to truth is the presumption that you already have it.

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.

I never said it was possible. I only said it was true.

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries.

There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

When something important is going on, silence is a lie.

Truth has always had many loud proclaimers, but the question is whether a person will in the deepest sense acknowledge the truth, allow it to permeate his whole being, accept all its consequences, and not have an emergency hiding place for himself and a Judas kiss for the consequence.

Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.

Love everyone, serve everyone, remember God, and tell the truth.

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.