Truth Quotes

"We're all performing versions of ourselves constantly."

"The human capacity for self-deception is truly remarkable."

"You're not as special as you think, and that's actually liberating."

"Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts."

"Some Negroes lie, some are immoral, some Negro men are not be trusted around women—the truth, I suppose, is the same for any race."

"The simplest truths are often the hardest to accept."

"People can't stand too much reality."

"The suffering increases the closer one gets to the truth."

"To tell the truth is a revolutionary act."

"The only thing a man has got in this world is his honor, and his word is his bond."

"One should never be ashamed of speaking the truth."

"There's a very simple principle to writing: you tell the truth."

"The deepest truth is often the simplest."

"The search for truth is the highest calling."

"The world needs more authentic voices."

"People are always getting caught off guard by reality."

"Everyone has their own truth."

"Truth is often stranger than fiction."

"The world doesn't care what you believe. It will kill you all the same."

"The most durable lies are the ones we tell ourselves about ourselves."

"People don't want to hear the truth; they want to hear what makes them feel good."

"What interests me is what people conceal."

"The body never lies, but the mind constantly deceives."

"Authenticity is impossible in a world of performative identity."

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

"You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd."

"The fact is that much current opinion is so sloppy that one cannot even quarrel with it."

"It is better to be wrong than to be vague."

"The writer is bound to find the truth even if he does not set out to find it."

"The so-called 'real world' will not discourage you from operating on or around it."