Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Quotations
Truth
Man, in truth, is himself a sacrifice.
- Upanishads "Chandogya Upanishad 3.16.1"
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"
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
-Winston S. Churchill
When truth is divided, errors multiply.
-Eli Siegel
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
-Thomas Jefferson
It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
-Henry David Thoreau
Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
-Gautama Buddha
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
-Mahatma Gandhi
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"
