587 quotes found
“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
“Most of what I say is complete truth. My edit button is broken.”
“You should not honor men more than truth.”
“It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.”
“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open.”
“To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.”
“That is the curse of lying, Sister. Once you place that crown of the liar upon your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.”
“I'm not mean, I'm honest. Nobody is ever straightforward. But sometimes people need to hear the truth.”
“Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth.”
“Dont spoil me with your lies, love me with your truth.”
“One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.”
“Everyone lies to themselves, but many people do it with good intentions. They want to believe what they tell themselves, it is oftentimes the best possible version of reality for them. Although it ...”
“I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to.”
“Literature, like magic, has always been about the handling of secrets, about the pain, the destruction, and the marvelous liberation that can result when they are revealed. Telling the truth when t...”
“She hadn't lied. She hadn't betrayed anyone's trust; still, she felt she had done something wrong. Or rather, she had not yet done the right thing. Was there a difference between these two sins?”
“The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.”
“I tried to manipulate and control people and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven but I wouldn't forgive others.”
“Bullshit takes no genius,even fool senses its' foul.”
“I say what other people only think, and when all the rest of the world is in a conspiracy to accept the mask for the true face, mine is the rash hand that tears off the plump pasteboard, and shows ...”
“People on the worldly path, to them we say, Practice complete honesty. If you cannot do that, then practice honesty within principle of limits. If you cannot do that and if you practice dishonesty,...”
