Truth Quotes

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Truth Quotes

These truth quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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"Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth is the first thing to be sought for."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth is the first thing to be sought for."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"I shall conquer untruth by truth."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"I shall conquer untruth by truth."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth is by nature self-evident."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth is by nature self-evident."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"God is truth and truth is God."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"God is truth and truth is God."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Many a true word hath been spoken in jest."

-- William Shakespeare

"Many a true word hath been spoken in jest."

-- William Shakespeare

"Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know."

-- William Shakespeare

"Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know."

-- William Shakespeare

"This above all; to thine own self be true."

-- William Shakespeare

"This above all; to thine own self be true."

-- William Shakespeare

"All that glitters is not gold."

-- William Shakespeare

"All that glitters is not gold."

-- William Shakespeare

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."

-- William Shakespeare

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."

-- William Shakespeare

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

-- William Shakespeare

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

-- William Shakespeare

"Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue."

-- Confucius

"Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue."

-- Confucius

"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name."

-- Confucius

"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name."

-- Confucius

"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."

-- Confucius

"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."

-- Confucius

"Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue."

-- Confucius

"Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue."

-- Confucius

"Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events."

-- Albert Einstein

"Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events."

-- Albert Einstein

"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be."

-- Albert Einstein

"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be."

-- Albert Einstein

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."

-- Albert Einstein

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."

-- Albert Einstein

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These truth quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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Some of the most celebrated truth quotes come from Krishna, Albert Einstein, Confucius, William Shakespeare, Mahatma Gandhi, among many others featured on this page.

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Popular truth quotes include: "By devotion he knows Me in truth." -- Krishna Also: "By dedicated devotion, I can be known, seen in reality, and entered into." -- Krishna.

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