Truth Quotes

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A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous. — Alfred Adler
Truth must be found in reality, not systems. — Joseph Beuys
The family endures because it offers the truth of mortality and immortality within the same group. The family endures because, better than the commune, kibbutz,… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin
The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew… — Joseph Conrad
A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke upon the body of a… — Joseph Conrad
My existence from day to day has become a matter of averting my eyes, of cringing. Death is the only truth left. Death is what… — J M Coetzee
The day you chose to leave me it rained constantly in truth I swore the rain to be the tears of cuspids eyes. — Tupac Shakur
The good I stand on is my truth and honesty. — William Shakespeare
One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by… — Marcus Aurelius
We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science — James Lovelock
The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to listen to each other and learn from… — Donella Meadows
I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the truth. — James Dickey
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. — Seneca the Younger
When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself. — John Spence
Happiness is not determined by what's happening around you, but rather what's happening inside you. Most people depend on others to gain happiness, but the… — John Spence
If you tell the truth, it becomes a part of your past. If you lie, it becomes a part of your future. — John Spence
True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments… — Henry David Thoreau
In the society of men the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so… — R. D. Laing
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth. — Edward Albee
Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion… — Louis Aragon

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