Quotes about Truth
Harbour no such opinions as he holds who does thee violence, or as he would have thee hold. See things in all their naked reality.
— Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right do not do it, if it is not true do not say it.
— Marcus Aurelius
I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
— Cicero
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
— Cicero
Honesty is the best policy
— Cicero
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
— Cicero
Human understanding is fallible, and we see through a glass, darkly. Any religion is a shadow of God. But the shadows of God are not God.
— Margaret Atwood
All observations of life are harsh, because life is. I lament that fact, but I cannot change it.
— Margaret Atwood
What you don't know won't hurt you. A dubious maxim: sometimes what you don't know can hurt you very much.
— Margaret Atwood
Not real can tell us about real.
— Margaret Atwood
Your friend is intellectually honourable, Jimmy's mother would say. He doesn't lie to himself.
— Margaret Atwood
As it says in the Bible, For now we through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. If it is face to face, there must be two looking.
— Margaret Atwood