“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”
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.
“Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.”
“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”
“We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
“I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.”
“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”
“The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.”
“What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?”
“Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.”
“A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.”
“Also, I used to think that one day I might get someone to iron my shirts, but the truth is I really like doing them myself.”
“Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.”
“They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.”
“It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.”
“A lot of truth is said in jest.”
“The words of truth are simple.”
“I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.”