Let a man get up and say Behold this is the truth and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look you have forgotten the cat I say.

Most people think that shadows follow precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words ideas desires deeds impulses and memories.

Truth is tough. It will not break like a bubble at a touch nay you may kick it about all day like a football and it will be round and full at evening.

If you shut up truth and bury it underground it will but grow.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust for me are everything. It's the core of what I'm about and what the people around me hopefully are about. It's a certain thing that gives you a sense of security. It's the biggest factor in everything I do.

As a historian what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.

I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust.

I have a good team around me. I have people I trust around me. If I go the wrong way they will yell at me. Just as they have in the past.