Truth Quotes by famous people

“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.” 

“So you're always honest," I said.

"Aren't you?"

"No," I told him. "I'm not."

"Well, that's good to know, I guess."

"I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways."

"How'd you mean it, then?"

"I just...I don't always say what I feel."

"Why not?"

"Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said.

"Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though.”

Truth Quotes by famous people

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.” 

Truth Quotes by famous people

“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”

“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” 

Truth Quotes by famous people

“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” 

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”

“Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.” 

Truth Quotes by famous people

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” 

“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” 

Truth Quotes by famous people

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.” 

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

Truth Quotes by famous people

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” 

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”

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

Truth Quotes by famous people

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”

“Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.” 

Truth Quotes by famous people

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”

Truth Quotes by famous people

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” 

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”

“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”

Truth Quotes by famous people

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”

Truth Quotes by famous people

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.” 

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”

Truth Quotes by famous people

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” 

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”