Embracing the Truth Quotes

I think that one should recognize reality even when one doesn't like it; indeed, especially when one doesn't like it.

It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.

To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.

Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.

It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.

Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it.

Unless we love the truth we cannot know it.

I see reality up front, never giving it my back

Facing facts is always empowering.

Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. We are not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs or replace evil with good. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it.

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... 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.

Whatever the situation, just take it for what it is. You don't have to make it worse or better than it is. It just is what it is. Always deal with the honesty, the truth of what something is, and then you've got all kinds of choices.