There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

In whatever adulation you get, there’s truth and there’s not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible – there’s truth and there’s not truth. It’s human nature to like to read the adulation more.

Error is always more busy than truth.

Many people aren’t rich because they’re liars.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

I’ll be honest: I haven’t ruled politics out.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.

An honest man’s the noblest work of God.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, ‚I’m not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.‘ Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, ‚Yes, I deserve it.‘

The truth is, I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let men sometimes fool themselves.

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

Syllables govern the world.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organize a belief.

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.

Actors are one family over the entire world.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I’d worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: ‚Don’t hide these things from me. I’d rather you ask me these things straight out, and I’ll answer all your questions.‘

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We’ll break out of it. It takes time.

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.

The truth is lived, not taught.

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

The world has crafted a beautiful balance of collective action – common but differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities.

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

The lie is a condition of life.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Concentration is my motto – first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

It’s not morbid to talk about death. Most people don’t worry about death, they worry about a bad death.

Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Wisdom is found only in truth.