Being true Quote by Carl Sagan

“The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It…

— Carl Sagan

Though what we accept be true, it is a prejudice unless we ourselves have considered and understood why and how it is true.

— John Lancaster Spalding

“Sophisticated people seem to think that "the truth" must always be dark, disappointing, disillusioning. But this is not so at all. Most of the…

— Orson Scott Card

Many of you have already found out, and others will find out in the course of their lives, that truth eludes us if we…

— Anonymous

Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true. Maybe there's some truth in that, but it's unsatisfying, bitter-tasting truth.

— Cynthia Lord

The Truth is the unknown from moment to moment, our minds must be always alert with full attention, free from prejudices, misconceptions, so it…

— Samael Aun Weor

The truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes. Every man who tries to tell it is unpopular, and even…

— H. L. Mencken

Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most…

— Remy de Gourmont

It seems like people always want the truth, but never want to be honest.

— Ritu Ghatourey

But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without…

— Mercy Otis Warren

No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller,…

— Ann Patchett

The truth that seems discouraging does in reality only transform the courage of those strong enough to accept it; and, in any event, a…

— Maurice Maeterlinck