Quotes on Truth

In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many.

A genius may perhaps be a century ahead of his age and hence stands there as a paradox, but in the end, the race will assimilate what was once a paradox, so it is no longer paradoxical.

Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.

It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.

Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.

Time's glory is to command contending kings,_x000D_ _x000D_ To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.

Truth was the only daughter of Time.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a groove.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.