Truth Quotes

"The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see" "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality" "The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it" "We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality" "The Christian life is a life of truth and love" "The wise speak only of what they know." "Our minds have an amazing ability to not confront the most uncomfortable truths" "The true function of philosophy is to teach us to live without certainty and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation." "Seeing oneself without any self-deception is what we call freedom." "Truths and roses have thorns about them" "It's not safe enough to speak, and it never will be. But the thing you've got to keep in mind is that it's even less safe not to speak." "Only the hand that erases can write the true thing" "Fiction is a lie that tells us true things." "He who knows the pleaser to be false, yet still takes pleasure, is more complete as a human." "Our civilization depends critically on the idea of at least one positive truth"