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Truth Quotes by Vaclav Havel
- When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.
- Truth is not merely what we are thinking, but also why, to whom and under what circumstances we say it.
- The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and…
- There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its…
- Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.
- There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its…
- There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of…
- The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and…
- Keep the company of those who seek the truth- run from those who have found it
- Truth and love will overcome lies and hatred.
- Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.
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- 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