Love truth, but pardon error.

To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

It takes a certain ingenuous faith- but I have it -to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.

Peace is always beautiful.

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.