Great quotes and favorite sayings about truth

... We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force...
"There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul." -- Arnold Bennett (1867-1931), British novelist

Truth is always strong, no matter how weak it looks ...

"Truth is always strong, no matter how weak it looks; and falsehood is always weak, no matter how strong it looks." -- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), American clergyman and author

When you ... search it for hidden truth

"When you find something funny search it for hidden truth." -- George Bernard Shaw

You can't just sit down and talk about the truth ...
"You can't just sit down and talk about the truth. It doesn't work that way. You have to live it and be part of it and you might get to know it." -- Rolling Thunder, CHEROKEE

About Truth : During times of universal deceit ...

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell

About Truth : In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path ...
"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." -- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian political and spiritual leader

About Truth : In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true ...
"In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true." -- John Lilly

Before I learned the truth about Santa Claus...

Before I learned the truth about Santa Claus, I knew it was wrong to tell a lie. Since that day, I have known that adults lie. -- Joyce C. Lock

The best mind-altering drug is the truth.

"The best mind-altering drug is the truth." -- Lily Tomlin

From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth ...

"From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, from the laziness that is content with half truth, from the arrogance that thinks it has all the truth -- Oh, God of truth, deliver us!" -- Unknown

The greatest friend of truth is ...

"The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility." -- Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832), English cleric, writer and collector

If you tell the truth you don't have to...

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything." --Mark Twain (1835-1910)

It does not require many words to speak the truth

"It does not require many words to speak the truth." -- Chief Joseph, NEZ PERCE

It is only when ... that we can finally hear the whispers of truth ...
"It is only when we silence the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts." -- K.T.Jong-

Men occasionally stumble over the truth...

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened." --Winston Churchill

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth ...
"The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls." -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) American social activist and reformer

Sometimes during solitude I hear truth spoken...

"Sometimes during solitude I hear truth spoken with clarity and freshness; uncolored and untranslated it speaks from within myself in a language original but inarticulate, heard only with the soul, and I realize I brought it with me, was never taught it nor can I efficiently teach it to another." -- Hugh B. Brown

Telling the truth when we feel vulnerable is ...

"Telling the truth when we feel vulnerable is one of the hardest things to do. We might fear rejection, abandonment, disapproval, disappointment, rage, hurt, or just the raw exposure that's an unavoidable part of the process. Yet most every time we're willing to tell a hard truth, we grow and deepen in presence, no matter the response. The energy that we previously lock up up to maintain a false front is now

freed to uplift and enliven us." -- Raphael Cushnir

Truth - Treasure and Pleasure : The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true ...
"The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it." -- Henry Louis Mencken (1880 - 1956)

Truth is like the sun ...

"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it's not going to go away." -- Elvis Presley

Truth is not only violated by falsehood ...

"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence." -- Henri Frederic Amiel philosopher and writer (1821-1881)

... truth is putting on its shoes

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." -Mark Twain

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part ...
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." -- Norman Schwarzkopf

Truths for Living

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become. The more outgoing we are, the more helpful we become. The more curious we are, the more creative we become. The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.

The more persistent we are, the more successful we become. -- William Arthur Ward

... two major errors ... thinking that you know all the truth and ...
It has been said that the two major errors in moral philosophy are thinking that you know all the truth and thinking that there is no truth to be known. -- William J. Doherty: Soul Searching

Walk in truth... to hear that my children...

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth" --Holy Bible (3 John 1:4)

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of ...

"When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do." -- William Blake