Truth Quotes

What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.

I believe there exists, & I feel within me, an instinct for the truth, or knowledge or discovery, of something of the same nature as the instinct of virtue, & that our having such an instinct is reason enough for scientific researches without any practical results ever ensuing from them.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

The truth hurts, but silence kills.

Humor is the good natured side of a truth.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction is obliged to stick to probability, and truth ain't.

Among other common lies, we have the silent lie - the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they speak no lie, they lie not at all.

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

Homely truth is unpalatable.

If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance.

The deeper the truth in a creative work, the longer it will live.

Humor is the ability to discern in a kindly way the folly in what is considered normal, sublime behavior, and to discern the discrepancy in what appears as a truth.

Education is the path to revelation. Teach the alphabet and you sow the seeds of rebellion. The free thinker travels light along the road to truth.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth.