There is no evil that cannot be done by the liar, who has transgressed the one law of truthfulness and who is indifferent to the world beyond.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 176"
Quotations
Truth
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 176"
When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
-Socrates "Socrates"
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
-Chief Joseph
When the force of the desire for Truth blossoms, selfish desires wither away, just like darkness vanishes before the radiance of the light of dawn.
-Adi Shankara "Adi Shankara"
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
-Harry S. Truman
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
-Winston S. Churchill
Facts are many, but the truth is one.
-Rabindranath Tagore
"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
Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.
-Stephanie Klein
"Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir"
