Truth Quotes

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

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"Truth wears many faces, each shaped by the perspective of the witness."
José María Arguedas
"Truth requires witnesses; it dies in solitude."
José María Arguedas
M
"Truth spoken with compassion becomes a bridge between souls."
Magali Quispe Quispe
T
"La verdad siempre prevalece sobre la mentira, aunque tarde en hacerlo."
Tomás Carrasquilla
T
"La verdad duele, pero la mentira destruye."
Tomás Carrasquilla
J
"Truth requires a brave heart to speak and an open mind to hear."
Jorge Isaacs
J
"The soul recognizes truth before the mind understands it."
Jorge Isaacs
J
"Truth is the foundation upon which peace is built."
Jorge Isaacs
C
"Truth grows stronger when buried deep in the earth of resistance."
Ciro Alegría
C
"The only truth that matters is the one lived, not spoken."
Ciro Alegría
F
"Truth is often more dangerous than comfortable lies."
Fernando Vallejo
F
"Truth requires the death of comfortable illusions."
Fernando Vallejo
A
"Truth cannot be hidden forever, no matter how powerful the forces that wish to conceal it."
Alcides Arguedas
A
"Truth spoken with love is always received better than truth spoken with anger."
Alcides Arguedas
M
"A writer's duty is to tell uncomfortable truths that society would prefer to ignore."
Mario Vargas Llosa
"Truth emerges from the dialogue between different voices."
José María Arguedas
"Words have the power to wound and to heal."
José María Arguedas
"Reality is much better than the word that describes it."
Gabriel García Márquez
"The truth is that I never loved you, or her, or anyone on this earth."
Gabriel García Márquez
C
"In every injustice, there lives a story waiting to be told."
Ciro Alegría
C
"To silence a story is to commit a kind of murder."
Ciro Alegría
C
"Truth is the weapon that tyranny fears most."
Ciro Alegría
C
"Truth is the only foundation upon which justice can be built."
Ciro Alegría
J
"The truth, however painful, sets us free from illusion."
Jorge Isaacs
J
"The pursuit of truth requires we question everything, including ourselves."
Jorge Isaacs
T
"La verdad, aunque incómoda, siempre triunfa al final."
Tomás Carrasquilla
T
"Una mentira pequeña abre la puerta a mentiras más grandes."
Tomás Carrasquilla
"The body remembers what the mind tries to erase."
José María Arguedas
"Authenticity cannot be purchased; it can only be lived and witnessed."
José María Arguedas
A
"The greatest lies are told by those who claim to serve the people."
Alcides Arguedas