If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advancement.
-Orville Wright
Quotations
Truth
The moment you follow someone you cease to follow truth.
-J. Krishnamurti
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
-H. L. Mencken
"A Little Book in C Major"
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
-Mahatma Gandhi
But better to be hurt by the truth than be comforted with a lie.
-Khaled Hosseini
Man, in truth, is himself a sacrifice.
- Upanishads "Chandogya Upanishad 3.16.1"
The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
-Henry David Thoreau
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
The truth is more important than the facts.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
