Category

Truth

It shows the truth – that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it. – Sarah Silverman

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job. – Samuel Goldwyn

The first casualty when war comes is truth. – Hiram Johnson

By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth. – Yukio Mishima

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent. – Will Durant

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. – Henri Frederic Amiel

Listen friends, you have to face the truth: You are never going to be rich… The system is rigged in favor of the few, and your name is not among them, not now and not ever. – Michael Moore

Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. – George Herbert

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth. – John Cleese

The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns. – Richard Roeper

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it. – Bryant H. McGill

There is little more powerful than when truth joins action. – Bryant H. McGill

You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth. – Mary J. Blige

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing. – Georges Bataille

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. – Arthur Balfour

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. – Wole Soyinka

I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy. – Kelly Miller

People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true. – Robert J. Ringer

It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness. – Robert Menzies

Truth springs from argument amongst friends. – David Hume