The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

Kennedy, John F.

22.

See it like it is!

Cohen, Herb

23.

Truth is the greatest gift of life and love is the exercise of that truth.

24.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth,and it goes away. Puzzling.

Pirsig, Robert M.

25.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

Mann, Horace

26.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

Camus, Albert

27.

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

28.

Of course, it is the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

Thatcher, Margaret

29.

Being free of pretence does not mean you are in touch with the truth. Sincerity is not proof.

30.

With the truth, you need to get rid of it as soon as possible and pass it on to someone else. As with illness, this is the only way to be cured of it. The person who keeps truth in his hands has lost.

Baudrillard, Jean

31.

There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth.

Runbeck, Margaret Lee

32.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

33.

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

Goldwyn, Samuel

34.

I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.

35.

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, What is truth?

Whately, Richard

36.

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

37.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

Hare, J. C.

38.

The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.

Sontag, Susan

39.

The wise boldly pick up a truth as soon as they hear it. Don't wait or a moment, or you'll lose your head.

Hsueh-Dou

40.

Effective thinking consists of being able to arrive at the truth; truth being defined as that which exists.

Hall, Calvin S.

41.

The knowledge of truth, combined with the proper regard for it and it's faithful observance, constitutes true education.

Smith, Joseph F.

42.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

Howard, Vernon

43.

In this world, only those people who have fallen to the lowest degree of humiliation, far below beggary, who are not just without any social consideration but are regarded by all as being deprived of that foremost human dignity, reason itself -- only those people, in fact, are capable of telling the truth. All the others lie.

Weil, Simone

44.

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself.

Saroyan, William

45.

Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.

Quintus Septimius Tertullianus

46.

Truth is its own reward.

Plato

47.

The TRUTH: It may not lead you to where you thought you were going, but it will always lead you somewhere better. When ignored, it will eventually show itself. The closeness of your relationships is directly proportional to the degree to which you have revealed the truth about yourself. It can be painful.

48.

What is, is; and what ain't, ain't

Granville, Joseph E.

49.

Always tell the truth -- it's the easiest thing to remember.

Mamet, David

50.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

Galileo Galilei