“For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.”
Truth is simple in theory and messy in practice. These quotes tackle honesty, deception, self-awareness, and the uncomfortable reality that the truths most worth hearing are usually the ones you least want to hear.
“The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.”
“For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.”
“Truth comes to us mediated by human love.”
“I am a lie who always speaks the truth.”
“The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.”
“Truth springs from argument amongst friends.”
“However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.”
“Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.”
“Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.”
“Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.”
“Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.”
“When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.”
“I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there's no truth.”
“Let us be a little humble let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.”
“It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.”
“The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.”