Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
My dad raised me with some good advice: ‘Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you’ll never have enemies, because people will always know where you’re coming from.’
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.
The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I’m an Irish man.
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won’t forgive you if you lie.
No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
When the truth is spoken, it doesn’t need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
If now isn’t a good time for the truth I don’t see when we’ll get to it.
I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.
The truth is, I’ve been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that’s the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.
The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I’m looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.
People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church – even if they don’t share your beliefs – as long as they find the content engaging and helpful.
