#truth

They like to tell us that it is important to speak the truth, but it has been my experience that real happiness lies in having people tell you what you want to believe, usually not the same thing at all, and if you have to stub your toe on the truth later, so be it. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#life #truth #experience

The truth has got to appear plausible on the stage. ↗

— Edward Bond

#got #plausible #stage #truth

Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#calling #conflict #end #police #them

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. ↗

— Buddha

#hidden #long #moon #sun #things

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#eye #finds #light #looking #makes

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me. ↗

— Camillo di Cavour

#believe #deceiving #diplomats #discovered #i

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#constant #enemy #friend #greatest #her

Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence. ↗

— James Hal Cone

#color #intelligence #knows #truth

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. ↗

— Mark Twain

#obliged #possibilities #stick #truth

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#also #because #find #funny #level