When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Quotations
Truth
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
-Harry S. Truman
It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
-Jerome K. Jerome
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"
When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears.
-A Spiritual Leader "S. N. Goenka"
Pure loving feelings take you nearer to truth than when you see only defects.
-Leo Tolstoy
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"
Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.
-Stephanie Klein
"Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir"
Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
-Maya Angelou
