It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
-H. L. Mencken
"A Little Book in C Major"
Quotations
Truth
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advancement.
-Orville Wright
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Birth is an illusion, so is death. Truth is the element which makes both these
extremes of life meet. The day you recognize it, from then onwards, whenever,
whatever and how much ever you desire...you will get it.
-Deep Trivedi
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
-Niels Bohr
But better to be hurt by the truth than be comforted with a lie.
-Khaled Hosseini
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance… To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
-Akhenation "Akhenation, 14 century Egyptian king"
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.
-Jean Cocteau
"Truth" is not an act done at the physical level or an act performed driven by
emotions. Truth is the outcome of that particular action. If someone has used
abusive language for your betterment, then how did he abuse you?... He has
only desired a positive change in you.
-Deep Trivedi
