975 private quotes tagged truth

“Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.” — Mason Cooley

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“All truth is not to be told at all times.” — Samuel Butler

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“Half a truth is better than no politics.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.” — Mark Twain

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“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.” — Winston Churchill

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“Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.” — Mark Twain

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“Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.” — Franz Kafka

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“One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.” — Blaise Pascal

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“Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.” — Rabindranath Tagore

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“Adversity is the first path to truth.” — Lord Byron

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“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” — Buddha

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“We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.” — Blaise Pascal

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“The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.” — Ayn Rand

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“But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.” — Thomas Paine

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“We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.” — Samuel Butler

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“It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.” — E. O. Wilson

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“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” — Max Planck

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“Truth is a good dog but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.” — Francis Bacon

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“And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.” — William Blake

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“Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.” — Khalil Gibran

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