There is no evil that cannot be done by the liar, who has transgressed the one law of truthfulness and who is indifferent to the world beyond.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 176"
Quotations
Truth
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 176"
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
-Albert Einstein
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
-Thomas Jefferson
Through true devotional worship, they are attuned to Truth; at the True Door, they are found to be true. Blessed is their coming into being; they redeem all their ancestors.
-Sri Guru Granth Sahib "Guru Granth Sahib"
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
-Leo Tolstoy
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
-Oscar Wilde
Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
-Mark Twain
Truth is not determined by majority vote.
-Anonymous
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
