I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
-Harry S. Truman
Quotations
Truth
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
-Ayn Rand
Truth hurts - not the searching after; the running from!
-Anonymous
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
-Niels Bohr
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"
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
-Swami Vivekananda
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
-Winston S. Churchill
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"
