“We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.”
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.
“Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person.”
“We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.”
“Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.”
“A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.”
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”
“It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say. You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie.”
“I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.”
“I can take any truth just don't lie to me.”
“The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.”
“Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.”
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
“One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.”
“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
“Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.”
“The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't have that kind of personality, and it's a terrifying thing to say.”
“I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”