It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Truth
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
-Jessamyn West
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
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Truth hurts - not the searching after; the running from!
-Anonymous
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
-William Blake
"Auguries of Innocence"
When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears.
-A Spiritual Leader "S. N. Goenka"
Man, in truth, is himself a sacrifice.
- Upanishads "Chandogya Upanishad 3.16.1"
