Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false. Henri Frederic Amiel on truth
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Arthur Conan Doyle on truth
No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God. Saint Patrick on truth
It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected. John Bradshaw on truth
The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy. Bob Schieffer on truth
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. Joseph Addison on truth
Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. Laurence J. Peter on truth
To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth. Milan Kundera on truth
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. Mel Brooks on truth
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. Jean de la Bruyere on truth
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf on truth
The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. Virginia Woolf on truth
Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth. David Herbert Lawrence on truth
Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie. Horace Walpole on truth
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality. John Locke on truth
One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. John Locke on truth
I want to be distinguished from the rest to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. Moliere on truth
I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth and who knows why someone is some way. Steve Martin on truth
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. Louisa May Alcott on truth
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.' Pink on truth