Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

40912 quotes

J
"No one can escape their own conscience."
Justice Wargrave
G
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
C
"Ignorance might not be bliss, but it's certainly less painful"
Charlie Gordon
S
"The wall itself is not important."
Shevek
S
"There is nothing like first-hand evidence."
Sherlock Holmes
S
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Sherlock Holmes
S
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."
Sherlock Holmes
J
"I have always been interested in the truth."
Justice Wargrave
M
"The problem with people is that they believe what they want to believe"
Mikael Blomkvist
M
"The truth will always come out eventually"
Mikael Blomkvist
M
"The truth is worth any price"
Mikael Blomkvist
C
"I used to be happy in my ignorance. Now that I know, I cannot unknow."
Charlie Gordon
S
"Truth requires courage to speak."
Shevek
S
"The truth is often stranger than fiction."
Sherlock Holmes
G
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
P
"No more guardedness. No more reserve."
Paul Atreides
S
"Truth resides in what things do, not in what they are."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
A
"I've seen it. It's rubbish."
Arthur Dent
V
"Truth will out eventually."
Vera Claythorne
S
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."
Sherlock Holmes
D
"Evil acts of the most sinister kind may be wrought by seemingly innocent hands."
Dr. John Watson
D
"The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."
Dr. John Watson
S
"A man may see what he wishes to see."
Sherlock Holmes
S
"The truth is ever strange and more wonderful than any fiction."
Sherlock Holmes
M
"The truth, however inconvenient, was always preferable to a comfortable lie."
Mikael Blomkvist
M
"The truth was worth any price, any sacrifice."
Mikael Blomkvist
A
"I'm not a kind woman. I don't have that luxury."
Amy Dunne
A
"I'm thinking about how I can't possibly know what another person is thinking."
Amy Dunne
A
"Cool Girl is an unenviable position to be in."
Amy Dunne
A
"I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ."
Amy Dunne