I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
-Jean Cocteau
Quotations
Truth
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"
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
-George Bernard Shaw
The moment you follow someone you cease to follow truth.
-J. Krishnamurti
Love truth, but pardon error.
-Voltaire
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth.
-Arthur Conan Doyle
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"
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
-Mahatma Gandhi
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"
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
