#ruth

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. ↗

— Al Pacino

#lies #lying #truth #acting

If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :) ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#truth #wisdom #fun

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#wise

no army has ever marched into battle thinking that the Creator had sided with their enemy. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#zedd #enemy

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken. ↗

— Jane Austen

#honesty #relationships #truth #relationships

I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#lewis #misery #sad #truth #sad

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#different

Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#integrity #personal-responsibility #truth-telling #relationships

If someone proved to me that Christ is outside the truth, and that in reality the truth were outside of Christ, then I should prefer to remain with Christ rather than with the truth. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#truth #christ

So you're always honest," I said. "Aren't you?" "No," I told him. "I'm not." "Well, that's good to know, I guess." "I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways." "How'd you mean it, then?" "I just...I don't always say what I feel." "Why not?" "Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. "Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#truth #hurt