Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
Live truth instead of professing it.
We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.
The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.