Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.
If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
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.
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.
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.
I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Love truth, but pardon error.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
Truth is a tendency.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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.
