Truth Quotes

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The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. A great book that comes from a great thinker is a… — Theodore Parker
The ultimate Mystery of being, the ultimate Truth, is Love. This is the essential structure of reality. When Dante spoke of the 'love which moves… — Venerable Bede
By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we perceive the truth, — Peter Abelard
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue-and thoroughly immoral-doctrine that, 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and… — Robert A. Heinlein
The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa. — Robert A. Heinlein
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man. — Nikolai Gogol
Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth. — Wilhelm Steinitz
Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew… — Bobby Fischer
Poets find truth by writing about what they love. — Susan Cooper
Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know. — Louisa May Alcott
A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not been made in… — Guy Gavriel Kay
An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but… — George R. R. Martin
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. — George Henry Lewes
The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you the… — Sandra Cisneros
He, full of bashfulness and truth, loved much, hoped little, and desired naught. — Torquato Tasso
It is better to will the good than to know the truth, — Petrarch
The wish to acquire is in truth very natural and common, and men always do so when they can.but when they cannot do so, yet… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting. — William Randolph Hearst
All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library. — Studs Terkel
I want a language that speaks the truth. — Studs Terkel

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