Truth Quotes

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

40912 quotes

B
"The cost of conformity is the loss of one's authentic self."
Betty Friedan
A
"In a world of lies, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
Angela Davis
A
"The human condition demands from us the search for truth."
Angela Davis
W
"Indigenous peoples are on the front lines of climate change."
Winona LaDuke
W
"We are not fighting for the environment; we are fighting for our survival."
Winona LaDuke
G
"The common belief is that if you refuse to name something, it will go away."
Germaine Greer
G
"I'm not being vulgar. I'm just being honest about the way things are."
Germaine Greer
G
"The greatest liar in the world is They Say."
Germaine Greer
G
"Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue."
Germaine Greer
G
"You will only believe your own propaganda if you live in a system where any alternative voice is suppressed."
Germaine Greer
b
"We are not saved by love. We are saved by telling the truth."
bell hooks
b
"To be silenced is to be erased; to speak is to exist."
bell hooks
B
"Our stories matter because they contain truths that statistics cannot capture."
Barbara Smith
B
"Authenticity cannot be compromised without losing ourselves."
Barbara Smith
B
"To speak truth is to take up space that systems do not want us to occupy."
Barbara Smith
B
"Our stories are evidence; they are testimony; they are truth."
Barbara Smith
A
"Visibility is a trap."
Angela Davis
A
"Repetition does not transform a lie into truth."
Angela Davis
B
"The problem that has no name is the dissatisfaction of millions of women."
Betty Friedan
B
"The mystique robs women of the chance to discover who they really are."
Betty Friedan
B
"Breaking the mystique requires honest conversation about women's real experiences."
Betty Friedan
G
"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."
Gloria Steinem
G
"Telling the truth may not get you many friends, but it'll get you the right ones."
Gloria Steinem
"Your silence will not protect you, but your voice might protect others."
Audre Lorde
"Deep change requires in-depth honesty about who we've been and what we've accepted."
Audre Lorde
"A woman is not a man. A Black woman is not a white woman. An older woman is not a younger woman."
Audre Lorde
"When we tell the truth, we crack open the possibility of transformation."
Audre Lorde
"Small farmers feed the world; corporations feed on the world."
Vandana Shiva
"We are in the middle of a sixth mass extinction caused by human activity."
Vandana Shiva
"We cannot treat the earth as a dumping ground and expect to survive."
Vandana Shiva