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14 quotes about truth-telling
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truth-telling Quotes
"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true."
"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual."
"At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you."
"Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is."
"Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy."
"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."
"In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot."
"The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world."
"Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly."
"The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is."
"Truth never damages a cause that is just."
"The duty of youth is to challenge corruption."
"A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them."