Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

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

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.

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

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

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

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

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

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

The truth is more important than the facts.

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

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.