Posts Tagged ‘Truth’
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
Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe even more than they believe the very foundations of their own conduct that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas-that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
We love because it’s the only true adventure.
Nikki Giovanni
That is the truest sign of insanity–insane people are always sure they are fine. It is only the sane people that are willing to admit that they are crazy.
Nora Ephron
The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
Napolean Bonaparte
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
Moses Ben Maimon Maimonides
For the rest of my life I’m going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give Him thanks long before my simplest prayers are answered.
Nancy Parker Brummett
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.
Miguel de Cervantes