Truth Quotes

"Truth will eventually triumph, though lies may prosper briefly."

"One's existence gains meaning through honest self-examination."

"To live authentically means to disappoint those who prefer your silence."

"The truth of our feelings cannot be legislated away by propriety."

"The human spirit rebels against artifice; it craves authenticity."

"The comfortable lie is often preferred to the uncomfortable truth."

"The trite phases of the world grow stale and do not touch the living truth; only the living truth can touch the living."

"The truth of the matter is that I am a revolutionist."

"I have never shied away from hard truths."

"There is one thing that the American people always rise up and stand for, and that is the truth."

"The problem with the world is that people are afraid of the truth."

"The pursuit of truth will set you free, even if it makes you miserable."

"The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason."

"Mankind cannot bear very much reality."

"Humankind cannot stand very much reality."

"Truth often wears the mask of the ordinary."

"The face tells stories that the tongue refuses to speak."

"Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action."

"There is nothing just in believing what one is told."

"A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose."

"That is what I do, I tell what I know."

"Reason prevents one from saying what one means."

"Truth is like archaeology, you have to dig for it."

"One's conscience is not the creation of society; rather society is the creation of conscience."

"It is impossible for me to keep silent when I know that people are suffering injustice."

"The function of criticism should be to reveal truths which society wishes to conceal."

"I have learned that the most powerful force in the world is not money or military might, but the truth."

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

"The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed."

"Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle that one's word is one's bond."