Truth Quotes

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

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"If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him as the wheel follows the foot of the ox."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"The moment we realize that we are not special, that we are not different from anyone else, that is the moment we truly understand."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
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"Guard your tongue as you would guard a precious treasure, for words can build or destroy."
Saint Peter
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"To speak truth in love is to participate in the redemption of the world."
Saint Peter
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"Just be honest and true to yourself and that is all that matters."
Amy Poehler
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"You should always speak your truth."
Amy Poehler
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"Truth may be unpopular, but it endures; falsehood fades like morning mist."
Abraham
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"The difference between real life and the movies is that in real life, the evil gets punished."
Tina Fey
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"In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as exaggeration."
Tina Fey
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"Stop trying to be perfect and start trying to be honest."
Tina Fey
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"To speak falsehood is to align oneself with the forces of chaos and destruction."
Zoroaster
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"Truth spoken with love becomes a healing balm for wounded souls."
Zoroaster
"When you stand before God, it is not your achievements that matter, but the integrity of your heart."
Moses
"A nation built on falsehood will crumble; a people founded on truth will endure."
Moses
"The stone tablets break, but the truth they carry endures forever."
Moses
"To be truthful is sometimes to be unpopular; choose truth over comfort."
Moses
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"Take away the rhetoric, and what's left is the truth."
Lenny Bruce
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"The objective of comedy is to ring the bell of truth."
Lenny Bruce
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"Obscenity is not in the word; it's in the mind."
Lenny Bruce
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"The suppression of truth is not the answer to anything."
Lenny Bruce
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"The reason I'm in trouble is I tell the truth."
Lenny Bruce
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"I'm sick of the phoniness in comedy."
Lenny Bruce
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"I'm not interested in being liked; I'm interested in being heard."
Lenny Bruce
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"I want to tell the truth, even if it costs me everything."
Lenny Bruce
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"The real tragedy is silence."
Lenny Bruce
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"I think what's important is to be honest about what you want."
Amy Poehler
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"Make specific choices about what your values are."
Amy Poehler