Truth Quotes

"A man's reputation is like his shadow—sometimes it follows him and sometimes it precedes him."

"Few people are anything but what they are forced to be."

"The possession of objects does not change the possession of truth."

"It is difficult to write about a subject as close as one's own soul."

"The truth is often more traumatic than the lie."

"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."

"The truth, simple or awful as it may be, is the sum of all knowledge."

"There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads - they couldn't be fair if they tried."

"I never thought I had to go to any great length to think up the trouble that people could get into under the influence of a little notoriety."

"You can never really know what anyone is thinking."

"The most honest moments are the most unexpected ones."

"Artificial people are nothing new in the world."

"The darkness of the world always comes as a shock."

"The truth can't hurt unless it ought to."

"The truth will set you free."

"Fiction is a direct way of telling the truth."

"The truth is like a river that flows forever."

"Truth cannot be hidden forever."

"Authenticity is the highest value."

"Telling the truth is like being a juggler; you have to keep several balls in the air at once."

"Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them."

"Credibility is a hard thing to earn back."

"The most dangerous thing is to pretend you're all right."

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally."

"You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd."

"You don't have to say anything that isn't literally true, but the truth can be stretched."

"The old lady didn't want to look at the real world but somehow it insisted itself upon her."

"You can't be any truer than you can be, and truer than that is nothing."

"The real conflict is often between civilization and human nature."

"What is uttered from the heart alone will win the hearts of others."