A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
Quotations
Truth
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"
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"
To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
-Leo Tolstoy
If you want to understand the teachings of Buddha, Krishna, Jesus or any great
philosopher, you will have to learn to differentiate and dissect their sayings
in two parts, one, 'eternal truth' and second, 'the truth relevant at that time'.
Without distinguishing the two, you will invariably end up misunderstanding their
sayings.
-Deep Trivedi
Man, in truth, is himself a sacrifice.
- Upanishads "Chandogya Upanishad 3.16.1"
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
But better to be hurt by the truth than be comforted with a lie.
-Khaled Hosseini
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
-Mark Twain
Facts are the enemy of truth
-Miguel De Cervantes
"Man of La Mancha"
