The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.
-Søren Kierkegaard
Quotations
Truth
Truth has always prevailed and always will, because it is the bridge between all
the contradictory powers and emotions of this world. Irrespective of the number
of ups and downs that may come, both in the energies and emotions, truth
always stands still.
-Deep Trivedi
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
-George Bernard Shaw
Truth never comes where lust and fame and greed of gain resides.
-Swami Vivekananda
Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organised; nor should any organisation be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path.
-J. Krishnamurti "J. Krishnamurti"
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
-Harry S. Truman
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
-Thomas Jefferson
There are ways from light into darkness and from darkness into light. There are ways, also, from the gloom into deeper darkness, and from the dawn into brighter light. The wise man will use the light he has to receive more light. He will constantly advance in the knowledge of truth.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
-Jessamyn West
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
-Oscar Wilde
