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Truth Quotes by Cornel West
- Greatness is telling the truth & being courageous in pursuit of justice. The worst thing you could tell young people is to be successful but…
- Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.
- The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark.
- You can't talk about truth unless you talk about yourself.
- Be willing to learn, because none of us know the truth
- There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.
- To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak.
- You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth
More Truth Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
- Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. — Mary Kay Ash
- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov