Quotes about Truth

It must be good to die in the knowledge that one has done some truthful work and to know that, as a result, one will live on in the memory of at least a few and leave a good example for those who come after. A work that is good may not last for ever, but the thought expressed by it will, and the work itself will surely survive for a very long time, and those who come later can do no better than follow in the footsteps of such predecessors and copy their example.

In the midst of life we are near death, that is a phrase which touches each one of us personally, it is a truth we see again confirmed in what you tell me about Carolien van Stockum, and formerly we saw it in another member of the same family. It has touched me, and with all my heart I hope she may recover. Oh! what sorrow, what sadness and suffering there is in the world, in public as well as in private life.

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.

Books are the mirrors of the soul.

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Communications requires study, preparation, and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty.

If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!

Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means.

Have the courage to say what needs to be said to who it needs to be said to. You'll both be better for it.

Refuse to compromise what you know to be right for anyone or anything.