V. S. Naipaul Quotes

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard.

I seek the truth.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

Facts are not the truth. They only indicate where the truth may lie.

The beginning of all wisdom is recognition of facts

Love is not blind. Love sees what is most true

Wisdom is only found in truth.

To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

The best mind-altering drug is the truth.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.

I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.