Truth

"The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it."

"Fiction is the truth inside the lie."

"The most revolutionary act is a clear view of the world as it really is."

"The fact that something is not apparent does not prove that it is not there."

"The shadow is nothing more than the absence of light."

"To fear the truth is to imprison oneself in deceit."

"The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity."

"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it."

"Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is. And you must bend to its power or live a lie."

"Pride is like a personal wall against the truth."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."

"Adversity is the first path to truth."

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."

"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason."

"The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is."

"Hell is truth seen too late."

"I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world."

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"I would rather be informed by one traitor than by all the sycophants in the world."

"You must see reality for what it is, not what you wish it to be."

"The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so."

"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute."

"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

"To free the mind from all conditioning, you must see the totality of it without thought."