It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
-Thomas Jefferson
Quotations
Truth
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
-Swami Vivekananda
The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
-Ayn Rand
Man, in truth, is himself a sacrifice.
- Upanishads "Chandogya Upanishad 3.16.1"
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
-Thomas Jefferson
Facts are the enemy of truth
-Miguel De Cervantes
"Man of La Mancha"
The greatest homage we can pay truth is to use it.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
-Harry S. Truman
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"
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"
