Truth Quotes

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected.

The truth is that most small businesses will not succeed and you need to be emotionally prepared for this.

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis.

The audience is the barometer of the truth.

Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And upon this truth morality can be built.

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.

Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted as the total truth.

Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.

The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.

The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.

I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

This legislation confronts the human truth that the need for clean water knows no borders, and proper management and intervention can be a currency for peace and international cooperation.

The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.

There is no magic. There is no secret. You need your sleep. A lot of our society tries to get by, but the truth is it is up to each individual to get their optimal sleep amount. If you get less than that you can get by temporarily, but it's only temporary.

I know that from the days of Watergate... the notion of two sources on a story has become the popular dogma about how you confirm something. And there is a lot of truth to that, but there are all kinds of ways to check to the extent that you can, a story that you get.

Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.

I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I've known in my life. That's just the truth.

Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden's henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth.