In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it but truth is a point of view and so is changeable.
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth or in affectation.
Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.
Too much and too little wine. Give him none he cannot find truth give him too much the same.
The truth is a snare: you cannot have it without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it but only in such a way that it catches you.
Truth is so obscure in these times and falsehood so established that unless we love the truth we cannot know it.
Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun the moon and the truth.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Trust cannot be commanded and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.
More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first response is that if you cannot trust a party on the value of defending human life how can you trust it on issues like marginal tax rates?
You cannot do everything at once so find people you trust to help you. And don't be afraid to say no.
Be willing to trust your instincts especially if you cannot find answers elsewhere.
Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison that he cannot trust a friend.
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically if we cannot trust neither can we find love or joy.
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
As a person I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel or do art or have company if they take away all my belongings it doesn't matter at all.
You cannot travel within and stand still without.
People who don't travel cannot have a global view all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live.
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry but by demonstrating that all peoples cry laugh eat worry and die it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other we may even become friends.
A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.