Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

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

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

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

Love truth, but pardon error.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist

Truth is a tendency.

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

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

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

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

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

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

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.

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

The truth is more important than the facts.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.