Quotes about Truth

Truth… never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth.

But all was false and hollow; through his tongue dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear the better reason.

Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.

Hence vain deluding Joys,The brood of Folly without father bred!

Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold; Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old when all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones forget not.

The first and wisest of them all professed to know this only, that he nothing knew.

A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.

There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.

Thus those who are employed in poisoning souls, generally make use of some important and beneficial truth, as a vehicle by which they convey their malignant drug into the minds of the unwary!

However, let us give ourselves to the study of the word, and to prayer; and may the great Teacher make every scriptural truth food to our souls. I desire to grow in knowledge, but I want nothing which bears that name that has not a direct tendency to make sin more hateful, Jesus more precious to my soul; and at the same time to animate me to a diligent use of every appointed means, and an unreserved regard to every branch of duty.

Jesus did not tell parables to confirm well-known truths, but rather to shatter well-known truths.

It is the complete system of divine truth to which nothing can be added and from which nothing can be taken with impunity. Every attempt to disguise or soften any branch of this truth in order to accommodate it to the prevailing taste around us either to avoid the displeasure or court the favor of our fellow mortals must be an affront to the majesty of God and an act of treachery to men.