Truth Quotes

"The secret is what cannot be shared without ceasing to be secret."

"The unconscious speaks in the gaps between what is said and unsaid."

"The trace of the absent is more real than presence itself."

"The secret cannot be kept; it is always already betrayed."

"Truth does not inhabit only the inner man, nor is it obtained only by virtue of the spirit, but it is achieved by living it."

"The essence of truth is to be veiling and unveiling at once."

"Truth emerges through dialogue and encounter."

"Truth is a process, not a destination."

"The real world is appearance; the symbolic order is reality."

"Language precedes the subject."

"Real trauma cannot be symbolized."

"There is no complete closure of meaning."

"Speech is always insincere because language is incomplete."

"There is no essence beneath appearance."

"The Real is the kernel of impossible truth."

"What cannot be said returns in symptoms."

"The Real has no image or likeness."

"Bad faith is a lie to oneself"

"Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat"

"Being is what it is"

"The only way to be true to my own nature is to be radically free"

"Reality is what resists our desires"

"Accepting the absurd does not mean living with blindfolds on."

"A guilty man is not our subject but rather an innocent one."

"The only real rival of the truth is silence."

"Madness is to be absolutely alone with one's truth."

"There is no binary division to be made between what one says and what one does not say; we must try to determine the different ways of not saying such things."

"Truth is not outside power, or lacking in power; contrary to a common conception, truth is a thing of this world."

"The virtual is not less real than the actual; it is differently real."

"The event is not what happens but what makes happening possible."