To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
George OrwellThe further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.
George OrwellPolitical language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George OrwellIn a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George OrwellThe truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Mahatma GandhiOne universe made up all that is, and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth.
Marcus AureliusA lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Charles SpurgeonThe words of truth are simple.
AeschylusI believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
Mahatma GandhiIf you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Mark TwainThe only way love can last a lifetime is if it's unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.
Stephen KendrickNever tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
Mark TwainHalf a truth is often a great lie.
Benjamin FranklinThe only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
BuddhaI do not care to know your various theories about God. What is the use of discussing all the subtle doctrines about the soul? Do good and be good. And this will take you to freedom and to whatever truth there is....
BuddhaTruth never damages a cause that is just.
Mahatma GandhiI read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
Mason CooleyFacts are many but the truth is one.
Rabindranath TagoreThe pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Oscar WildeIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife
Jane AustenWhen I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it - always.
Mahatma GandhiLove is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
Rabindranath TagoreThe truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.
C. S. LewisPiety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
AristotleThis above all, to thine own self be true.
William ShakespeareI know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
Muhammad AliThe ocean has only one taste, the taste of salt. Truth has only one taste, the taste of freedom.
BuddhaWhat draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
C. S. LewisIf it is not right do not do it, if it is not true do not say it.
Marcus AureliusThe object of the superior man is truth.
ConfuciusEvery truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner and it is for you to find the other three.
ConfuciusThose who know the truth are not equal to those who love it.
ConfuciusOld age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
ConfuciusPerhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
James MadisonThere's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
Maya AngelouHumility is truth.
Desiderius ErasmusYou can find the footprints of God wherever there is beauty, virtue, humility, justice, truth, love and peace.
Sai BabaGood ideas, good conduct and adherence to Truth should result from our education. Only those who acquire these qualities can be called truly educated.
Sai BabaReason is the natural order of truth, but imagination is the organ of meaning.
C. S. LewisThere are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth... not going all the way and not starting.
BuddhaA thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Oscar WildeIt is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
James MadisonAnd 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 NietzscheIn the sky there is no distinction of east and west, people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
BuddhaTruth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
W. Clement StoneOf life's two chief prizes beauty and truth I found the first in a loving heart, and the second in a laborer's hand.
Kahlil GibranConvictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
Friedrich NietzscheNon-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Mahatma GandhiGod is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Mahatma GandhiThe pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
Mahatma GandhiMy religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
Mahatma GandhiEducation must remove hatred between the pilgrims on the various roads to God. There is only one God, one Goal, one Law, one Truth, one Religion, and one Reason.
Sai BabaTrue religion is real living, living with all one's soul with all one's goodness and righteousness.
Albert EinsteinMany a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.
Kahlil GibranMy task is the spiritual regeneration of Humanity through Truth and Love.
Sai BabaThree things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.
BuddhaEven if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Mahatma GandhiTruth stands even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Mahatma GandhiRivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths
Muhammad AliJokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.
Muhammad AliDoubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move his aides, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.
William ShakespeareForce is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims, the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is nobody really possesses it.
Simone WeilAll the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
Mahatma GandhiWhat is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering.
BuddhaSex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But it's usually too battered with rules to be heard and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.
Jim MorrisonIn a false quarrel there is no true valor.
William ShakespeareTruth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
Kahlil GibranAnyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Albert EinsteinThe Divine pervades everything in the Universe. This may not be understood by everyone. Some may not agree that the Divine is Omnipresent. But whether they accept this fact or not the truth is evidence of the presence of God can be found wherever one turns.
Sai BabaWhoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Albert EinsteinEnlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology, but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight, and focused attention.
Deepak ChopraPERFORM all acts with as much love as you would offer God. In Truth you eat for the satisfaction of the I in you and dress up to please the self-same I . The husband loves his wife for the sake of the I . And who is this I that is persistently inherent in everyone? It is God Himself.
Sai BabaMorality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
Mahatma GandhiFreedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.
Thomas HuxleyHave the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
W. Clement StoneThere is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast that trusted to his truth.
Lord ByronRebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak arid desert.
Kahlil GibranBut what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence, the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
Lord ByronScience has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.
Thomas HuxleyAdvertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
Thomas JeffersonHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson