Quotes about Truth

There's many a man who never tells his adventures, for he can't hope to be believed.

I could tell you tales of cobbler's wax which would disgust you with human nature.

I am afraid," said I, "that the facts are so obvious that you will find little credit to be gained out of this case." "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact," he answered, laughing.

Crime is common. Logic is rare.

To underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.

What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act. What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die.

Only the Eternal is always appropriate and always present, is always true. Only the Eternal applies to each human being, whatever his age may be.

There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe what is true." Another translation says:"There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't so; the other is to refuse to believe what is so.

The key thing about life is to be true to a set of beliefs. And to be genuine.

Every religion, every philosophy, every individual outlook on life tells a story of reality.