We should not be so taken up in the search for truth as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another when the truth is we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers but by preconceived opinion by prejudice.

Love is not a mere impulse it must contain truth which is law.

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.

When I tell the truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it but for the sake of defending those that do.

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it but only in such a way that it catches you.

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.