Untruth Quotes

77 Untruth quotes by 59 unique authors

All human life is sunk deep in untruth; the individual cannot pull it out of this well without growing profoundly annoyed with his entire past,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of… — Jack Kornfield
I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth,… — Christopher Hitchens
It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so… — Thomas Jefferson
The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid… — Kenneth Lee Pike
Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy — George Orwell
The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A half-truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth. — J I Packer
Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but… — E. V. Lucas
In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists. — Mahatma Gandhi
Toxic thoughts leave no room for truth to flourish. And in the absence of truth, lies reign. Spend some time soaking in your favorite verses… — Lysa TerKeurst
Christ was crucified because he would have nothing to do with the crowd (even though he addressed himself to all). He did not want to… — Soren Kierkegaard
...Say somebody shot somebody....We...are so concerned about whether this evidence was admitted properly...(and) not recognize the intrusion into our sacred individuality that is being caused… — John Flaherty
Today's dissenters mainly focus their attention and expend their energies on the most inconsequential of trivia. ...Allegedly serious intellectuals quibble endlessly over such ridiculous trivialities...In… — J. Paul Getty
I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. — Ira Glass
If the soul is impartial in receiving information, it devotes to that information the share of critical investigation the information deserves, and its truth or… — Ibn Khaldun
In the second half of life the necessity is imposed of recognizing no longer the validity of our former ideals but of their contraries. Of… — Carl Jung
A belief, however necessary it may be for the preservation of a species, has nothing to do with truth. The falseness of a judgment is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Truth and untruth often co-exist; good and evil often are found together — Mahatma Gandhi
Dysfunction is a true reaction to untruth. — Lemn Sissay
It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth -- whenever its true meaning is understood.… — Galileo Galilei
Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Real racist jokes or sexist jokes aren't funny - not because they're offensive, but because they're not true. As soon as a joke is based… — Ricky Gervais
The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth. However elegant and memorable, brevity can never, in the nature of things, do justice… — Aldous Huxley

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