Love truth, but pardon error.

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else

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.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.