When the force of the desire for Truth blossoms, selfish desires wither away, just like darkness vanishes before the radiance of the light of dawn.
-Adi Shankara "Adi Shankara"
Quotations
Truth
-Adi Shankara "Adi Shankara"
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.
-H. L. Mencken
"A Little Book in C Major"
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advancement.
-Orville Wright
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth.
-Arthur Conan Doyle
But better to be hurt by the truth than be comforted with a lie.
-Khaled Hosseini
The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.
-Søren Kierkegaard
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
