Inspirational Quotes on Truth

“Truth lies in character. Christ did not simply speak the truth; he was truth; truth, through and through; for truth is a thing not of words, but of life and being.”

“Disagreement is refreshing when two men lovingly desire to compare their views to find out truth. Controversy is wretched when it is only an attempt to prove another wrong. Religious controversy does only harm. It destroys humble inquiry after truth, and throws all the energies into an attempt to prove ourselves right - a spirit in which no man gets at truth.”

“It is wondrous how, the truer we become, the more unerringly we know the ring of truth, can discern whether a man be true or not, and can fasten at once upon the rising lie in word and look and dissembling act - wondrous how the charity of Christ in the heart perceives every aberration from charity in others, in ungentle thought or slanderous tone.”

“The deepest truths are the simplest and the most common.”

“Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.”

“Half a truth is better than no politics.”

“In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.”

“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.”

“Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”

“Attitudes are more important than facts.”

“Do the truth ye know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.”

“There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.”

“When a man argues for victory and not for truth, he is sure of just one ally, that is the devil. Not the defeat of the intellect, but the acceptance of the heart is the only true object in fighting with the sword of the spirit.”

“Such is the turbulence of human passions in party disputes, when victory more than truth is contended for, that the post of honor is a private station.”

“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.”

“Great truths that are stumbling blocks to the natural man are nevertheless the very foundations upon which the confidence of the spiritual man is built.”

“Truth alone will not preserve if there be not corresponding exercise as to living in its power, and being controlled thereby.”

“If the way in which men express their thoughts is slipshod and mean, it will be very difficult for their thoughts themselves to escape being the same. If it is high flown and bombastic, a character for national simplicity and truthfulness cannot long be maintained.”

“Truth does not consist in minute accuracy of detail, but in conveying a right impression; and there are vague ways of speaking that are truer than strict facts would be. When the Psalmist said, "Rivers of water run down mine eyes, because men keep not thy law," he did not state the fact, but he stated a truth deeper than fact, and truer.”

“He who loves will rejoice in the Truth, rejoice not in what he has been taught to believe; not in this Church's doctrine or in that; not in this issue, or in that issue; but "in the Truth." He will accept only what is real; he will strive to get at facts; he will search for Truth with a humble and unbiassed mind, and cherish whatever he finds at any sacrifice.”