Truth Quotes

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

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"Success demands absolute integrity in all dealings."
John D. Rockefeller
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"A man's reputation is worth more than his fortune."
John D. Rockefeller
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"I have learned that trust must be earned through consistent action."
John D. Rockefeller
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"I used to think that if I believed hard enough, the world would give up its secrets to me. I was wrong."
Henry Ford
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"I believe in controlled chaos as a path to truth."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Truth emerges when we release our need to be right."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Truth is discovered through direct experience."
Pauline Oliveros
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"The ear is more honest than the eye in matters of truth."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"The voice of truth often speaks in unexpected frequencies."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"The truth of a sound cannot be debated; it can only be heard."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"The average man cannot accept the truth that life is a mixture of good and evil, pleasure and pain, success and failure."
Andrew Carnegie
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"Nothing is more dignified than facing the world with absolute truthfulness."
Andrew Carnegie
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"I believe that every right carries with it a corresponding obligation."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Cultivate the habit of telling the truth so consistently that when you do it, people believe you."
John D. Rockefeller
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"A good name is seldom regained when once lost through pursuing the dollar."
John D. Rockefeller
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"We must distinguish between the metaphorical and the literal."
John Cage
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"Things are not the way they are. The way things are is the way people understand them to be."
John Cage
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"Truth in art cannot be compromised for commercial success"
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Truth emerges in the spaces between notes, in the silence itself."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Truth is a hard mistress."
Yoko Ono
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"Even in a personal life, people can be dishonest."
Yoko Ono
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"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
Laurie Anderson
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"I'm really interested in the gap between what we say and what we think."
Laurie Anderson
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"The most important thing is to be true to yourself."
Laurie Anderson
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"The truth will set you free."
Laurie Anderson
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"The heart is the source of all truth."
Laurie Anderson
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"I am always searching for the truth."
Yoko Ono
"Numbers don't lie, but they can obscure the truth if we're not careful."
Ryoji Ikeda
"The honest answer to any question begins with silence."
Ryoji Ikeda
"The truth doesn't need your permission to exist."
Ryoji Ikeda