Truth suffers from too much analysis.
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
Adversity is the first path to truth.
Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist
