Truth Quotes

"Truth cannot contradict truth; if there is an apparent contradiction, one must reexamine the evidence."

"He who has made a fair compact with any one is to be cheated who deviates from it."

"No legacy is so rich as honesty."

"The judgment of oneself is always biased."

"The splendor of truth shines forth from noble deeds and virtuous actions."

"The pursuit of truth requires us to abandon the comfortable illusions we have constructed."

"The eternal truths do not change with fashion or the passage of time; they stand immutable."

"To persist in error when truth has been presented is to choose darkness willingly."

"Those who fear truth are imprisoned by their own falsehoods."

"To speak truth without kindness is to wield a sword; to speak kindness without truth is to scatter seeds upon stone."

"To be deceived by others is unfortunate; to be deceived by oneself is catastrophic."

"The end of the intellectual life is truth."

"Truth can never contradict truth."

"To lie is to act against nature itself."

"If a person speaks badly of you, consider whether what they say is true."

"Silence is sometimes the severest criticism."

"It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself."

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."

"Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise."

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

"Confess the little things so you can confess the big things."

"All truth is God's truth."

"The sting of a reproach is the truth of it."

"If there is such a thing as a false Christianity, it is precisely in hiding oneself."

"The pursuit of truth requires courage to question what others accept without thought."

"Truth is not relative but eternal; it cannot be created by human will or opinion."

"The most shameful thing in the world is when knowledge and performance part ways."

"The human heart craves truth."

"The principal function of the intellect is to know truth."

"True law is right reason in accord with nature."