Nine times out of ten in the arts as in life there is actually no truth to be discovered there is only error to be exposed.

There's no truth anymore.

The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?

There are very few human beings who receive the truth complete and staggering by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment on a small scale by successive developments cellularly like a laborious mosaic.

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths and as a result there is no truth.

Nothing is beautiful only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.

Truth stands even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this except that it ain't so.

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

I preach there are all kinds of truth your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there's no truth.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity goodness and truth.

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

In matters of truth and justice there is no difference between large and small problems for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it ignorance may deride it but in the end there it is.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth not going all the way and not starting.

Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that he'd seen and done and been involved with. This is not really espionage there's no betrayal of trust.

Then trust me there's nothing like drinking So pleasant on this side of the grave: It keeps the unhappy from thinking And makes e'en the valiant more brave.

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them bear them breed and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we lest they their rights should lose Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

I trust in God and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that and there's nothing I can do about that.

Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us while the storm did not abate we agreed to trust to God Our Lord and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst.

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing.