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Truth Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- When I have one foot in the grave, I will tell the whole truth about women. I shall tell it, jump into my coffin, pull…
- Some mathematician, I believe, has said that true pleasure lies not in the discovery of truth, but in the search for it.
- The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry…
- The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens... Henceforth, I shall never…
- The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty,…
- The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity by contributing to the establishment of the kingdom of God, which can only be done by…
- The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world.
- Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth
- For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard. And there is…
- The truth is obtained like gold, not by letting it grow bigger, but by washing off from it everything that isn't gold
- Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.
- Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.
- If we would only testify to the truth as we see it, it would turn out that there are hundreds, thousands, even millions of other…
- I have discovered nothing new; I have only perceived what I already knew.
- There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
- Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
- To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
- He had the unlucky capacity many men have of seeing and believing in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and…
- Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation - it is the…
- I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth…
- …the majority of men do not think in order to know the truth, but in order to assure themselves that the life which they lead,…
- I feel not only that I cannot disappear, as nothing disappears in the world, but that I will always be and have always been. I…
- Muhammad has always been standing higher than the Christianity. He does not consider god as a human being and never makes himself equal to God.…
- Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.
- We are all created to be miserable, and that we all know it, and all invent means of deceiving each other. And when one sees…
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- 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