There is nothing more necessary than truth, in comparison with it, everything else has only secondary value. The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant. It does not require many words to speak the truth. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.

Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others. Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare and I dare a little more as I grow older. Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie to make someone laugh. Because then you stand alone when you find out for yourself, it will be authentic, real, true, not dependent on any professor, any psychologist, any analyst. It is great fun if you have rejected totally everything that man has said. The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it. The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. I was too enamored of truth ever to mourn lost illusions. I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for the truth and truth rewarded me. If you’re seeking the truth then what you don’t know is more important than you know. If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinion for or against. Only the words of a loving man can be heard. The only way to tell the truth is to speak it with kindness. In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow – and that is likely to hurt. When you make excuses, you’re running from the truth. The things that we decide to run from are the truth.

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it. Only silence communicates the truth as it is. In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.

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Friedrich NietzscheĪ man is beginning to learn the Truth about life when he is no longer surprised by anything. I measure the strength of a spirit by how much truth it can take. You can live deluded or you can live for truth. You can have ignorance or you can have self-knowledge. The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

The wise try to adjust themselves to the truth, while fools try to adjust the truth to themselves. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. When you want to help people, you tell them the truth.

Truth & Tenderness by Tere Michaels