There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.
-Jean Cocteau
Quotations
Truth
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
-Thomas Jefferson
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Facts are many, but the truth is one.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
-Gautama Buddha
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
-Swami Vivekananda
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.
-André Gide
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"
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"
