Quotes about Truth
Our concern with truth is simply an echo of our concern with God .
— John Piper
Irony limits, finitizes, and circumscribes and thereby yields truth, actuality, content; it disciplines and punishes and thereby yields balance and consistency.
— Soren Kierkegaard
It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also.
— Thomas Jefferson
Lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
It's not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
— St. Augustine
Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as well.
— Watchman Nee
There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them.
— Dale Carnegie
Magna est veritas, et praevalebit: truth is mighty, and will prevail
— Richard Paul Evans
Countless mistakes in marriage, parenting, ministry, and other relationships are failures to balance grace and truth. Sometimes we neglect both. Often we choose one over the other.
— Randy Alcorn
Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract
— William James
In the New Testament, myth stands over against the truth of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ... been already cast in the New Testament opposition to myth.
— GC Berkouwer
Public faith means going public with what's in your heart, with humility and respect for others, as we speak of the truth of the gospel.
— Timothy Keller