Quotes on Truth

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Science is but an image of the truth.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

In thy face I see the map of honour, truth and loyalty.

Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.

I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil.

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion - and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion ... while Truth again reverts to a new minority.

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond.

History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.