Quotes about truth

"Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth."

"There was a time when men were afraid that somebody would reveal some secret of theirs that was unknown to their fellows. Nowadays, they're afraid that somebody will name what everybody knows. Have you practical people ever thought that that's all it would take to blast your whole, big, complex structure, with all your laws and guns—just somebody naming the exact nature of what it is you're doing?"

"It isn't what you suspect, it's what you can prove that counts."

“What good is my truth? My truth means nothing.” – Heinrich

If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Anyone who feels the urge to undertake such a task must dedicate himself for his labors as he would prepare for a pilgrimage to distant lands. He must spare no time or effort, fear no earthly power or rank, and rise above his own vanity or false modesty in order to tell, in accordance with the expression of the Code Napoléon, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

In a world that daily disconnects further from truth, more and more people accept the virtual in place of the real, and all things virtual are also malleable.

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."…

"You're quoting Snoopy the dog, I believe?"

"I'll quote the truth wherever I find it thank you."

When a truth is better conceived through abstraction, use the abstraction; if not, don't.

You go to truth by way of poetry and I go to poetry by way of truth.

There is nothing perfectly true for man; I mean in human opinions. Just like there is nothing perfectly round.

The truth! Only God sees it.