Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
-Jessamyn West
Quotations
Truth
The truth is more important than the facts.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
If the truth is there, bad writing won’t hurt it!
-Alfred Adler
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
-Elvis Presley
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"
Only by devotional service is the Supreme Truth, Krishna, pleased, and by His inconceivable energy. He can reveal Himself to the heart of the pure devotee.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwavad Gita 10.11"
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
There are ways from light into darkness and from darkness into light. There are ways, also, from the gloom into deeper darkness, and from the dawn into brighter light. The wise man will use the light he has to receive more light. He will constantly advance in the knowledge of truth.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
-Mark Twain
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
