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

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

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.

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

It is not worthy of a speaker of truth to curse people.

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

Peace is always beautiful.

Truth is a tendency.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

Truth, like light blind. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.