Quotes about truth
truth encounters truth-and-falsehood
Let her (Truth) and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter? John Milton
truth father stones
Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.
truth fighting servant-of-god
Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause of truth.
truth impossible truth-is
Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
truth air study
Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.
truth water flow
Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition.
truth ignorance eye
The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness; the darkness and crookedness is our own. The wisdom of God created understanding, fit and proportionable to truth, the object and end of it, as the eye to the thing visible. If our understanding have a film of ignorance over it, or be blear with gazing on other false glitterings, what is that to truth?
truth integrity men
But God himself is truth; in propagating which, as men display a greater integrity and zeal, they approach nearer to the similitude of God, and possess a greater portion of his love.
truth epigrams
You can cram a truth into an epigram - the truth, never. Norman Douglas
truth oil water
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. Miguel de Cervantes
truth honesty men
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
truth oil water
Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
truth knowledge politics
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. Thomas Jefferson
truth mistake believe
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
truth honesty fear
There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
truth freedom knowledge
When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated.
truth strict regard
I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth. Edward Burnett Tylor
truth lying rage
It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth. Edward de Bono
truth writing reality
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite. Edward Albee
truth play facts
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
truth reality two
Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two. Edith Hamilton
truth
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. John Keats
truth reality thinking
First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely in slogans. If we are to work for the future of the city, let us deal with the realities as they actually are, not as they might have been, and not as we wish they were. [...] The truth doesn't die. John F. Kennedy
truth philosophy ideas
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.
truth tyrants giving
Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.
truth reality being-real
Nothing beats being really honest about who you are and what you need. All the rest just works itself out. Jon Voight
truth people speak
like all virtuous people he imagines he must speak the truth ... Joyce Carol Oates
truth
Not even the most devastating truth can be told; it must be evoked.
truth memories confused
I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears? Laurie Halse Anderson
truth-is mechanism
Truth is an all-freeing mechanism. L. Ron Hubbard
truth hatred firsts
The first reaction to truth is hatred. Tertullian
truth hatred enemy
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
truth believe people
Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point MY POINT EXACTLY. Terry Pratchett