A man would rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be known.

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If all people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.

It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.

He who has so little knowledge of human natures as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.

Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in the newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

If you cannot be honest with yourself, there is no hope of being honest with anyone else.