Distance Quote by Anthony de Mello

“The shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story.”

— Anthony de Mello

As human beings, the closest we can get to truth is through story.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Truth is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line.

— John Tillotson

The truth about stories is, that's all we are.

— Thomas King

We're always just telling stories, and stories are always just approximations of the truth. It's never the truth exactly.

— Brit Marling

When we try to describe the truth with words, we distort it and it's no longer truth--it's our story. The story may be true…

— Anonymous

Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads…

— Dogen

Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone to receive…

— Max Lucado

There are two sides to every story, and more often than not somewhere in the middle you will find the truth.

— Vladislas Nikilovic

Very few stories embody a human truth so definitively that we cannot think of the truth without remembering the story and cannot imagine how…

— Michel Faber

Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.

— Jim Trelease

Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time.

— Benjamin Disraeli