Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or read more

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on read more

The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed.

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. -Susan Sontag.

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. -Susan Sontag.

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

Like the sun, truth is self luminescent.
It is reality, self evident, needing no external defense.
It is immediately recognized read more

Like the sun, truth is self luminescent.
It is reality, self evident, needing no external defense.
It is immediately recognized by resonant hearts.
It can be hidden for a short time by clouds
or by imprisoning others indoors..
but inevitably truth conquers all,
as does love.
God whose name is Truth whose name is Love is ending
the violence in the world now.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you read more

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.