A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
Quotations
Truth
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
-Virginia Woolf
The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
-Ayn Rand
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
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance… To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
-Akhenation "Akhenation, 14 century Egyptian king"
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
-Ayn Rand
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organised; nor should any organisation be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path.
-J. Krishnamurti "J. Krishnamurti"
The moment you follow someone you cease to follow truth.
-J. Krishnamurti
