The paradox is the seed of truth. This germ just needs a fertile ground to flourish and bear fruit.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth.

A white lie is always pardonable. But he who tells the truth without compulsion merits no leniency.

The greater amount of truth is impulsively uttered; thus the greater amount is spoken, not written.

Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

A well-grounded assurance is always attended with three fair handmaids: love, humility and holy joy.

There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.

Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.

When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that?

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Every expression of truth has in it the seeds of propagation, even as the sun cannot hide its light.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.

There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

Every new truth has its birth-place in a manger, lives thirty years, is crucified, and then deified.

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an instrument which only truth can speak.

As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.

Stone's Rules exist because sometimes the truth is too painful, and the lies will land you in prison.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other.

I will say that if there is anything like God Or Truth on earth, Hindu-Muslim unity is also possible.

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.

The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.

The truth always finds it's way out, even years and years and years later. The truth always prevails.

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.

There have been innumerable Temporary Seekers after the Truth-have you ever heard of a permanent one?

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - "Let there be truth between us two forevermore."

There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one.

I had purpose in my heart that I would stand up for the truth regardless of what I might lose in life.

I am a passionate lover of the snapshot, because of all photographic images it comes closest to truth.

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.

As there comes light from heaven and words from breath, As there is sense in truth and truth in virtue

Truth is relative, and there is always something missing in truth that prevents it from being perfect.

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.

Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.

I was born in Hoboken. I am an American. Photography is my passion. The search for Truth my obsession.

How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?

Personally, I don't give a rap for documents; for the truth in my eyes is not in them but in the mind.

Truth, Sir, is a cow which will yield such people no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the bull.

Controversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Nowhere is it more true that "prevention is better than cure," than in the case of Parasitic Diseases.

I love the stars. Because they can't say anything. I love the stars. Because they do not judge anyone.

What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.

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