Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

When the truth changes from your speaking, you know you have told the truth.

You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.

At the end of the day, I believe truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

It's a weird thing about the truth: It protects you. What really makes you vulnerable is when you're lying because you're going to get caught. When you tell the truth, there's a strange relief that comes.

When you speak the truth, people realize that.

The truth never wears out.

I don't give false claims any due.

Honesty is love.

I am truth. I was made of truth.

I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.

That's always important to us, is being truthful. Not guessing, not making any assumptions. Just coming at it with knowledge.

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

Truth is a great flirt.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

You never monkey with the truth.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

I'm okay if everything is honest and truthful and relatable. If it's fabricated and ill-motived, it's not good.