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"
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.
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"