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Truth Quotes - Page 77

All generalizations are false, including this one.

Attributed in "A Short Course in Intellectual Self Defense" by Mark Twain, Seven Stories Press, (p. 61), January 4, 2011.

It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.

Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.204, Vintage

The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.158, Rajpal & Sons

No words suffice the secret soul to show, For truth denies all eloquence to woe.

Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.874, Delphi Classics

To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.

Leo Tolstoy (graf) (194?). “War and peace: a novel”, New York

Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.

Lauren Graham (2013). “Someday, Someday, Maybe: A Novel”, p.164, Ballantine Books

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

"The Vision". Book by Kahlil Gibran, October 1, 1994.

... the besetting danger is not so much of embracing falsehood for truth, as of mistaking a part of the truth for the whole.

John Stuart Mill (1873). “Coleridge. M. de Tocqueville on democracy in America. Bailey on Berkeley's theory of vision. Michelets' history of France. The claims of labor. Guizot's essays and lectures on history. Early Grecian history and legend”, p.11

To love God passionately is to love truth passionately.

John Piper (2009). “A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life”, p.106, Multnomah