Truth Quotes

"The truth has a way of breaking through even the thickest walls of denial."

"To live authentically requires the willingness to face uncomfortable truths."

"Authenticity demands that we integrate all the contradictory parts of ourselves."

"All my skinfolk ain't kinfolk."

"Is it a sin to glory in the truth?"

"But the truth will always find its way out."

"People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction."

"You cannot fix what you will not face."

"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people."

"Truth is the most valuable thing we have."

"Understanding comes before judgment."

"A writer must tell the truth or at least try to."

"A man is only as good as his word."

"A moment of truth is worth a lifetime of comfortable lies."

"Truth is as old as the world."

"Truth, though difficult, is always worth speaking."

"The truth may hurt, but a lie destroys."

"The cat has absolute emotional honesty."

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"Everybody is a goddamn liar."

"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me."

"They're careless people. They smash up things and creatures."

"Everybody has told you the truth."

"The human heart is in conflict with itself."

"You can deceive yourself in a thousand ways."

"Actual life is full of false clues and sign-posts that lead nowhere."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet tall."

"Words are such uncertain things. They do not mean the same to everyone."

"I am interested in the real people, not the polite versions."