Quotes on Truth

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.

Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.

It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's fine saying, that the search for truth is more precious than its possession.

There is a case for telling the truth; there is a case for avoiding the scandal; but there is no possible defense for the man who tells the scandal, but does not tell the truth

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such, the path of error is the path of truth.

The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature... It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of twentieth-century science to the human intellect.

Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.

I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Truth is best (of all that is) good. As desired, what is being desired is truth for him who (represents) the best truth. (Gathas 27.14)

Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

The one thing I was always told is you absolutely have to tell truth to power. Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking.

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

Myself and the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement have been called terrorists, but in truth, we are loving women whose life experiences have led us to seek justice for those victimized by the powerful.

A Prayer of Anselm My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you that I may rejoice in you. And if I may not do so fully in this life let me go steadily on to the day when I come to that fullness . . . Let me receive That which you promised through your truth, that my joy may be full.