Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them. William James on truth
It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous. Aldous Huxley on truth
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth. Carl Jung on truth
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. Aldous Huxley on truth
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. William James on truth
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on truth
To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful. Victor Hugo on truth
Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. Nikola Tesla on truth
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. Aldous Huxley on truth
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. Pablo Picasso on truth
The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. Pablo Neruda on truth
I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth. Charlie Chaplin on truth
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. Leonardo da Vinci on truth
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. Aldous Huxley on truth
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. Blaise Pascal on truth
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination. John Keats on truth
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. John Ruskin on truth
Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true. Richard Bach on truth
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible. Epictetus on truth