truth quotes

Buddha once said that the three things that cannot be hidden are 'the sun, the moon, and the truth'. We will hide nothing here and show you our complete, truly shining collection of quotes about truth. You can read them below.    


“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.”

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”

“Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.”

Truth quotes - Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.”

Truth quotes - Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

“Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.”

Truth quotes - Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

“Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.”

Truth quotes - When in doubt tell the truth.

“When in doubt tell the truth.”

“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

“Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.”

“The intuition of free will gives us the truth.”

“Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.”

“The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.”

“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”

“If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.”

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.”

“The object of the superior man is truth.”

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. ”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Truth quotes - The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

“The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.”

“I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.”

“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”

Truth quotes - The color of truth is gray.

“The color of truth is gray.”

Truth quotes - The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

“The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.”

“Men have forgotten this truth, said the fox. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

“In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.”

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

“It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement. ”