Truth Quotes

People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got. Everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.

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

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.

An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.

My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you're right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.

Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.

Conquer the heart of the enemy with truth and love, not by violence.

A man of truth must ever be confident, if he has also equal need to be diffident.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.