Quotes about truth

Those who never back down love themselves more than they love the truth.

Because they know all the words, they think they know all the truths.

To seek the truth. But, as you are seeking and as you are waiting, what will you do, what will you think, what will you practice, what rules will you follow?

The truth. They make it consist of nothing they cannot prove. The greatest happiness they find in it is being able to put forth incontestable assertions. This is what they like, and they consider it a sign of prestige, a prerogative, a power, a dignity, etc., a liberation from error.

To seek wisdom rather than truth. It is more within our grasp.

The mind can only create errors. Truths are not created, they exist; one can only see them, disentangle them, discover them, and expose them.

I love to see two truths at the same time. Every good comparison gives the mind this advantage.

It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.

"Everything you say is boring and incomprehensible," she said, "but that alone doesn't make it true."

The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.

To a visitor who asked to become his disciple the Master said, "You may live with me, but don't become my follower."

"Whom, then, shall I follow?"

"No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth."

To a visitor who described himself as a seeker after Truth the Master said, "If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else."

"I know. An overwhelming passion for it."

"No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong."