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Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth. — Criss Jami

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice. — Samuel Johnson

Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth. — David Whyte

When the truth emerges, it can't be ignored. Nor will it wait. — Barbara Delinsky

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth. — Kristin Cashore

That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing. — James Clavell

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth. — Wally Lamb

Veracity is the heart of morality. — Thomas Huxley

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

We are lying to ourselves when we're not contradicting ourselves. — Marty Rubin

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.
-Maggie — Sarah Dessen

Never hesitate to tell the truth as you see it. — Marty Rubin

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?
The world would split open. — Muriel Rukeyser

Truth may be unattainable, but honesty is not. — Stephen Watson

The eye of danger and the face of fear are what really pull off a person's mask. — Criss Jami

To be happy, pursue your purpose with love and honesty. — Debasish Mridha

In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie. — Criss Jami

Better by far to live in the truth and know it, however bad it may be, than hide yourself away behind ignorance and habit. — Owen Sheers

The reality is, if you're friends with somebody you should be able to be honest with them, and that honesty should be the biggest magnet to truth. — Justin Vernon

When you find that people are not telling you the truth
look out! — Agatha Christie

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man. — Criss Jami

Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long.
Good things come to those who wait. — Jess C. Scott

The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty. — Gail Caldwell

The difference between truth and honesty is the difference between the riverbed and the river. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. — George Washington

The best of fiction, as we know, of course, doesn't tell the truth; it tales the truth. — Criss Jami

To love someone with all of your heart requires reaching them where they are with the only words they can understand. — Shannon L. Alder

Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story. — Max Ehrmann

The measure of a man is determined by how he responds to the truth of God. — Dr. J. Otis Yoder

Honesty can be a dirty gift. It can muddy a sparkling stream of memories. — Colin Cotterill

Self-manipulation is our medication. Mythology is our drug. The only cure is honesty. — Stefan Molyneux

If you're not living your truth, you're living a lie. — Joseph Curiale

I'm always going for truth and honesty. — Jill Soloway

Whatever you do well in the darkness tells more about who you are than what you do best in light. Watch out! — Israelmore Ayivor

No truth could ever fear me. — George Harrison

I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at. — Roberto Bolano

The truth needs so little rehearsal. — Barbara Kingsolver

Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere — Patrick Rothfuss

If it's the truth you seek, then darling love you'll find. — Sophie B. Hawkins

In wine is truth, and the truth had all come out, "that is, all the uncleanness of his coarse and envious heart"! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Isn't strength the ability to renounce every lie in your heart? — Bisco Hatori

In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot. — Czeslaw Milosz

Don't change your mind just because people are offended; change your mind if you're wrong. — Criss Jami

To live a lie may allow us to avoid the truth, but the real lie lays in believing that we can avoid the truth in the first place. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

half truths equal whole lies — Fred Munoz

Somehow there is a certain honesty underground, a certain truth, — Christophe Agou

When we become more self-aware of our needs, we become better-equipped to take
care of ourselves. — Aletheia Luna

Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth. — Margaret Dilloway

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught. — Barbara Delinsky

A mind is a terrible thing; waste it. — Brad Blanton

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you. — Thomas Kretschmann

Lies aren't true, so why would anyone tell them? — Brian Clevinger

He hated dishonesty-- or lack of courage-- more than anything. — Elizabeth Strout

Everyone in my family always spares one another's feelings. It leaves little room for honesty. — Sara Farizan

Nations, like men, are wary of truth, for truth is too often not beautiful. — Addison Gayle Jr.

Be aware of things you say because words have power. When you speak truth. It's Beautiful. And, that beauty illuminates! — Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Who you are in public is a test of your conviction; who you are in private, integrity. — Criss Jami

The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong. — David Halberstam

One lie can tarnish a thousand truths. — Al David

You cannot weave the truth from a string of lies — Fred Munoz

He was a man more concerned with the truth than his arrest quota, a philosophy that would often have him skate on thin ice with the higher ups. — Bruce Crown

Being dishonest to himself is the biggest crime any human can make — Loknath

Truth, most succinctly defined is: That Which Is So.
Non-Truth, most succinctly defined is: That Which Is Not So. — Donald L. Hicks

We have to be honest to ourselves to see honesty in others. — Debasish Mridha

I will blame no enemy that is a good man, nor yet praise a friend that is bad — Theognis

The truth brings with it a great measure of absolution, always. — R.D. Laing

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying. — Yoko Ono

Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends — Alexis De Tocqueville

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it. — Patrick Henry

The way to happiness is by truth. Seek to be true in all things and you will have a foundation to build your future. — Shannon L. Alder

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me. — Alison Krauss

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Oh, what a tangled web we weave ... when first we practice to deceive. — Walter Scott

Their conversation was like root canal without anaesthesia. — Tan Redding

Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does. — Martha Beck

Lies are like paper-Mache in a rain storm. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The truth is never dressed for the occasion. — Steve Maraboli

Between video games and texting, how do our youth find the time to know everything? — L.M. Fields

Am I too blunt? If the truth is too hard to swallow, should I feed you soft lies? — Edward W. Robertson

Sometimes the one thing you need for growth is the one thing you are afraid to do. — Shannon L. Alder

To be believed make the truth unbelievable. — Napoleon Bonaparte

National transformation is also attainable through the simple principle of Truth and Honesty — Sunday Adelaja

From personal adversity comes great art — Tan Redding

The truth shouldn't be told only when it's convenient. Honesty must be a way of life. — Frank Sonnenberg

It's exhausting, the energy it takes to unknow a truth. — Chuck Palahniuk

Truth is a fundamental principle that is needed for any form of building or construction. So also is honesty. — Sunday Adelaja

The truth is like sunlight: It causes cancer. — J. Richard Singleton

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie. — Victor Hugo

When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that? — Victor Hugo

If you see any country that is advanced and developed today, it is because that society is fundamentally based on principles of truth and honesty. — Sunday Adelaja

A make believe life doesn't win friends and influence people. It bores the crap out of those living the dream. — Melody Carstairs

Naturally, I always place my word over anyone else's simply because I know why I said what I said. — Criss Jami

To be a child of the Third World is to be aware of the many different constituencies you have and how honesty and truth must always depend on context. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there. — David Levithan

There is always a way to be honest without being brutal. — Arthur Dobrin

The bourgeois novel is the greatest enemy of truth and honesty that was ever invented. — J.G. Ballard

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too. — Anne Lamott

He comes.
And he comes
loaded
with noise pollution.
If I ever prayed for anything,
it was for a man
to shut up. — Casey Renee Kiser

Everything she sang was true. I will leave it to you as to whether the truth can exist with details omitted, or if those lacks make a lie of it. — Robin Hobb

Material things may satisfy your temporal desires, but none can be taken with you when you're gone. Build your hopes on things eternal ! — Amaka Imani Nkosazana