Truth Quotes

Some good quotes on truth.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please – you can never have both. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Being human, we can only receive infinite truth in finite doses
~Norman Grubb

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

To see what is in front of one’s nose requires a constant struggle.
~ George Orwell

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.
~William James

Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
~Rev. Denny Brake

We are often unprepared for Truth, which is why Truth is revealed to us progressively.
~Chip Brogden

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.
~Jim Davis

Men ardently pursue truth, assuming it will be angels’ bread when found.
~W. MacNeile Dixon

The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
~Stephen Hawking

The truth is “hate speech” only to those who have something to hide.
~Michael Rivero

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
~Thomas Jefferson

The search for truth implies a duty. One must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true.
~Albert Einstein

Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas.
~Shoseki

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
~Thoreau

It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. ~Oscar Wilde

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
~Martin Luther

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
~Leo Tolstoy

To some the truth is an insult, to others life from the dead.
~Gary Amirault

My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine.
~Antonio Porchia