truth

Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.

In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

It fortifies my soul to know That, though I perish, Truth is so: That, howsoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er I do, Thou dost not change. I steadier step when I recall That, if I slip Thou dost not fall.

It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary.

Personal magnetism is a mixture of rugged Honesty, pulsating Energy, and self-organized Intelligence. I believe, absolutely, that truth is the strongest and most powerful weapon a man can use, whether he is fighting for a reform or fighting for a sale.

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

The truth will ouch.

While both [Plato and truth] are dear, piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.