I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
Quotations
Truth
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
-Winston S. Churchill
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance… To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
-Akhenation "Akhenation, 14 century Egyptian king"
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.
-Robert Brault
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Love truth, but pardon error.
-Voltaire
The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
Facts are many, but the truth is one.
-Rabindranath Tagore
If the truth is there, bad writing won’t hurt it!
-Alfred Adler
If you want to understand the teachings of Buddha, Krishna, Jesus or any great
philosopher, you will have to learn to differentiate and dissect their sayings
in two parts, one, 'eternal truth' and second, 'the truth relevant at that time'.
Without distinguishing the two, you will invariably end up misunderstanding their
sayings.
-Deep Trivedi
