43 Truth Quotes To Inspire

In a world where truth often seems elusive, finding clarity and authenticity can be a source of strength and inspiration. Whether used as a compass for personal growth or as a beacon in moments of uncertainty, truth holds a powerful position in our lives. This collection of 43 carefully selected truth quotes seeks to illuminate the path with wisdom from diverse voices across time. Each quote serves as a reminder of the profound impact truth can have in fostering resilience, guiding decisions, and nurturing understanding. Join us as we explore these insightful expressions of truth that promise to inspire and provoke thought.

1. “He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activites in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all.” - Cormac McCarthy

2. “Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.” - Voltaire

3. “Die großen Leute verstehen nie etwas von selbst,und für die Kinder ist es zu anstrengend, ihnen immer und immer wieder erklären zu müssen.""As pessoas grandes nunca percebem nada sozinhas e uma criança acaba por se cansar de ter que estar sempre a explicar-lhes tudo.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

4. “No, Paul, I couldn't care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.' (Said to Paul by Elizabeth Costello, the interloping novelist-angel-inner voice).” - J.M. Coetzee

5. “When it came down to it, he just wasn't that engaged. You had to be engaged to be a vegetarian; you had to be engaged to sing "Both Sides Now" with your eyes closed; when it came down to it, you had to be engaged to be a mother.” - Nick Hornby

6. “It remains an astonishing, disturbing fact that in America - a nation where nearly every new drug is subjected to rigorous scrutiny as a potential carcinogen, and even the bare hint of a substance's link to cancer ignites a firestorm of public hysteria and media anxiety - one of the most potent and common carcinogens known to humans can be freely bought and sold at every corner store for a few dollars.” - Siddhartha Mukherjee

7. “He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.” - Ken Kesey

8. “But the rest are even scared to open up and laugh. You know, that's the first thing that got me about this place, that there wasn't anybody laughing. I haven't heard a real laugh since I came through that door, do you know that? Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.” - Ken Kesey

9. “Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all.” - Sarah Addison Allen

10. “One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different.” - Lemony Snicket

11. “When the lambs is lost in the mountain, he said. They is cry. Sometime come the mother. Sometime the wolf.” - Cormac McCarthy

12. “Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist's only in life. There is much good and evil alloted to each life.” - Isobelle Carmody

13. “Is growin' up always miserable?" Sonny asked. "Nobody seems to enjoy it much." "Oh, it ain't necessarily misearble," Sam replied. "About eighty percent of the time, I guess." They were silent again, Sam the Lion thinking of the lovely, spritely girl he had once led into the water, right there, where they were sitting. "We ought to go to a real fishin' tank next year," Sam said finally. "It don't do to think about things like that too much. If she were here now I'd probably be crazy again in about five minutes. Ain't that ridiculous?" A half-hour later, when they had gathered up the gear and were on the way to town, he answered his own question. "It ain't really, " he said. "Being crazy about a woman like her's always the right thing to do. Being a decrepit old bag of bones is what's ridiculous.” - Larry McMurtry

14. “It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why. When somebody simply tells you bad news, you hear it once, and that’s the end of it. But when bad news is written down, whether in a letter or a newspaper or on your arm in felt tip pen, each time you read it, you feel as if you are receiving the bad news again and again.” - Lemony Snicket

15. “No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

16. “It always is harder to be left behind than to be the one to go...” - Bodie Thoene; Brock Thoene

17. “The thinner the excuse, the fatter the reason for it.” - Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman

18. “All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.” - Vera Nazarian

19. “in my opinion if you have a secret compartment in your lute case and don't use it to hide things, there is something terribly, terribly wrong with you.” - Patrick Rothfuss

20. “a thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer then the truth” - Leah Wilson

21. “Fact is just fiction with different storytellers” - Abby Slovin

22. “Truth starts with truth and ends with truth.” - Santosh Kalwar

23. “Goodreads sports some of the social awkwardness of middle school. If you are looking for a friend, I promise no matter your background or book preferences I will be your friend. :)” - Red Phoenix

24. “A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.” - George R.R. Martin

25. “The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.” - Frederick The Great

26. “If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.” - Matt D. Miller

27. “And don't tell me the end justifies the means because it doesn't. We never reach the end. All we ever get is means. That's what we live with.” - Nick Harkaway

28. “There is great worth in holding universal truths and timelessly beautiful words in your heart, which will stay there forever, infusing your thoughts and speech…” - Dan Stevens

29. “When you value someone, it merely shows that you truly have no idea about the person that they aren't showing you.” - Lionel Suggs

30. “In the lie of truth lies the truth.” - Dejan Stojanovic

31. “There are some who insist that Truth and therefore Reality is an either/or proposition, thereby deluding themselves as to what is Objectively True and Real".~R. Alan Woods [2012]” - R. Alan Woods

32. “The truths embodied in historical stories are thus not absolute or universal, but relative to the cultural context in which they are made.” - Richard Handler

33. “If you cannot lie, tell a different truth.” - thea_zara

34. “I marveled about our collective ability as women to keep all the pain hidden, just below the surface.” - Kaira Rouda

35. “Truth inevitably pierces its target, the hearts of men".~ R. Alan Woods [2012]” - R. Alan Woods

36. “...poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths...” - John Geddes

37. “They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

38. “The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

39. “They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns)” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

40. “If I may ride with you, Citizen Evremonde, will you let me hold your hand? I am not afraid, but I am little and weak, and it will give me more courage." As the patient eyes were lifted to his face, he saw a sudden doubt in them, and then astonishment. He pressed the work-worn, hunger-worn young fingers, and touched his lips."Are you dying for him?" she whispered."And his wife and child. Hush! Yes.""Oh, you will let me hold your brave hand, stranger?""Hush! Yes, my poor sister; to the last.” - Charles Dickens

41. “A lie, when believed, became the truth.” - Michelle M. Pillow

42. “Christ's humanity is presentation, His words & works are the substance encapsulating his Divinity".~R. Alan Woods [2013]” - R. Alan Woods

43. “Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted"- Sylvia Plath's epitaph (from Wu Cheng'en's novel Journey to the West aka. Monkey, translated by Arthur Waley)” - Wu Cheng'en