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“No matter how frequently you visit the realm of dreams, you will inevitably confront the unvarnished truth. However, our truth is so much bitter that not even the entirety of the world's sugar can sweeten it.”
Sanu Sharma wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have and always will preach the truth, but I have never pointed fingers at any one. For this reason I complain because they blame me for many things that happen. They can do what they want with me, but I will always preach the truth.”
Florencio Olvera Ochoa (1933–2020) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mexican bishop responds to threats: 'I will continue preaching in support of life' (1 April 2009) Catholic News Agency
“I'm always going to stand for the truth and the truth is sensitive.”
Wendy Shay (born 1996) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ella Okunmwendia, Wendy Shay Breaks Down Reason Behind Her Famous Quote 'Ghana Wake Up', Yen, November 09, 2022.
“To tell all the truth and tell it straight has become the program of most women poets. The truth is mysterious enough, and we are ignorant enough of it, so that lives may be well spent in its quest.”
Alicia Ostriker (born 1937) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think the only legacy is somebody who served in truth and justice— that’s what I titled my memoir. You must have confidence that this is the truth as you see it, as you know it, no matter who it offends, you do your best according to the law of the land.”
Hairat Balogun (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.”
Hans Eysenck (1916–1997) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rebel With a Cause: The Autobiography of Hans Eysenck (ed. Transaction Publishers, 1997), ISBN 9781412832748
“As Catholics, we believe there is an objective, moral Truth – given to us by Jesus Christ. This Truth is timeless, and it cannot be altered by the shifting tides of popular culture.”
Joseph Francis Martino (born 1946) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Issues Reflection on Teaching of Diversity and Tolerance (2009) Catholic Culture
“It is feminists influenced by this second wave who question transgender ideology. They speak the uncomfortable truth that men have a statistically higher propensity towards violence including sexual violence — no matter how they identify — and our laws and public institutions must recognise that brutal truth.”
Joan McAlpine (born 1962) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chief Mammy lost out to the Second Wave feminists", The Times (16 February 2023)
“We need never be afraid to speak the truth. Authentic ecumenism requires that we speak the truth to each other lovingly, and love each other truthfully. Inter-church families must be a special focus of our concern. We ought offer them our friendship, respect their experience and try to find new ways to respond to their needs.”
Michael Ernest Putney (1946–2014) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. Exc. Most Rev. Michael Ernest PUTNEY, Titular Bishop of Mizigi, Auxiliary of Brisbane, Australia (25 November 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
“Write your truth, Ms. Tia say. Your truth.”
Abi Daré wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Complete and absolute Truth is essential in all your thought throughout your daily lives, in all your meetings and business with others. Untruth has never, neither will it ever, bring to the seeker – Truth.”
George King (1919–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(You write about how reconciliation is a misnomer, that Indigenous people are still dying — what should we be talking about instead?) LM: The first part — truth. No truth, no reconciliation.”
Lee Maracle (1950–2021) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: interview (2017)
“Alone among the sciences, astrology has spanned the centuries, and made the journey intact. We shouldn't be suurprised that it remains by us, unchanged by time—because astrology is truth—and truth is eternal.”
Linda Goodman (1925–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The diocesan bishop must ask whether a Catholic institution compromises its obligation to give public witness by placing prestige over truth. The bishop must be concerned that Catholic institutions do not succumb to the secular culture, making decisions that appear to many, including ordinary Catholics, as a surrender to a culture opposed to the truth about life and love.”
John Michael D'Arcy (1932–2013) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Church and the University: A pastoral reflection on the controversy at Notre Dame (31 August 2009) America
“One of the great challenges we have, as human beings and as Catholics, to show the truth of life as a mystery and to educate in the truth of the social dimension of the human being. We have to try to show children and young people that the reification of life only brings suffering. It is necessary to educate in responsible freedom.”
José Mazuelos Pérez (born 1960) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop José Mazuelos: "The reification of life only brings suffering". (9 May 2021) Omnes
“They said, “You are a savage and dangerous woman.”I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous.”
Nawal El Tatawy (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a greater truth than mine, there is a truth of Namibian History… I was there also. This is my story.”
Nora Schimming-Chase (1940–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need to be absolutely certain and convicted of this truth that everybody that we meet in our daily lives wants to know about the truth of God that He has revealed to us. It's not always obvious.”
David James Oakley (born 1955) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Oakley on the daily task of appropriating discipleship into our lives (11 September 2024) Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
“It's politically correct only to speak of those things that are subjective, only to speak of those things that you determine "work for you," they may not "work for me." We're in a prison with that. They want to break out of that prison that holds them bound. Once they know the truth – and the truth is Christ – that sets them free. And then their acts of freedom are rooted in Christ.”
John Michael Quinn (born 1945) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop sees new generation seeking truth, rejecting relativism (13 March 2012) Catholic News Agency
“This is an insightful drama about people groping in the dark in their search for the truth until they come into contact with the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ ( The Way, The Truth and The Life, The Only Way back to God), give their lives to Jesus, accept Him as their personal Saviour and Lord and have eternal life.”
Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Post modernity maintains that reality is a social construct, that truth is what you make of it. There is no objective truth. It further asserts that reality is a text to be interpreted and your interpretation is as valid as that of the next person. God himself has been knocked off the pedestal.”
Buti Joseph Tlhagale (born 1947) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Biological colonialism is on our doorstep:harvesting ovarian human eggs in Africa will help meet the needs of embryonic stem cell research in industrialized countries,” says the Archbishop of Johannesburg (23 January 20…
“You ask me, my friend, whether I am in pursuit of truth, or a lady? I answer, both. I hope and trust they are united; and really expect to find truth and the virtues and graces besides in a fair form.”
Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840) said by 1840 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because I am a courageous woman, and the film's script was very powerful. It presented the truth, and we, Arab and Muslims in general, are afraid of the truth about us. We refuse to look at ourselves in the mirror.”
Loubna Abidar (born 1985) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Moroccan Actress Loubna Abidar: 'We, Arab and Muslims, Are Afraid of The Truth about Us; We Refuse to Look in the Mirror, retrieved on Dec 30, 2016
“People must speak truth now, not when it is so late. I am more furious because if I knew something I would have spoken, even today. I am hated for truth and I am at peace with that. Yho this is so sad”
Manaka Ranaka (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The religious person proclaims the truth, the journalist seeks it. And if he believes he has found it, he must verify it, not trust it immediately. The thread of truth is a necessity for the journalist who reports: seeking the reason behind things means concentrating, analysing, studying, and giving importance to the words one is using.”
Giovanni Floris (born 1967) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At the event in Amatrice for World Communications Day.. As quoted in Giovanni Floris incontra gli operatori della comunicazione: «Siate tenaci, studiate sempre e non cercate scorciatoie», chiesadirieti.it (February 6, 2…
“Today's television wants to do everything except tell the truth. It is television of the plausible, not of the real. And our programme with Roberto Saviano, Vieni via con me, aims to be an act of truth, a testimony of love. It is not a political programme, nor is it investigative journalism. It is a story of today's Italy.”
Fabio Fazio (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No heresy has ever been so wholly and hopelessly false that it did not reflect at least some broken lights of truth. This we may rightly say of Socialism where truth and error, fact and fiction are forever blended in an indistinguishable confusion. What is good we must keep and perfect, what is wrong and evil we must relentlessly reject.”
Joseph Casper Husslein (1873–1952) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Church and Social Problems (1912)
“If God be Truth, and God be Love, is it not absolutely inevitable that the Love of God should bring the Truth of God down to the level of the very simplest?”
Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Speaking the Truth seems to have very little effect on man. I was shown that as soon as I am given over into the hands of man, I will be made a spectacle of, and people will not be concerned about the truth of God, but just the bizarrity of me in the Flesh. I want the people of this generation to be saved.”
David Koresh (1959–1993) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A letter to his laywer on April 14, 1993, quoted in Walliss 2004, pp. 116–117
“The majority does not make the truth; it is the truth that must make the majority.”
Marcel Lefebvre (1905–1991) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ils l'ont découronné, Mgr Marcel Lefebvre, éd. Fideliter/Clovis, 1987, p. 91
“Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And upon this truth morality can be built.”
William Masters (1796–1874) said by 1874 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Two Sex Researchers on the Firing Line", LIFE magazine (June 24, 1966) p. 49: cited in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (NY: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1988) p. 142. Cf. Wernher von Braun (July 23, 1965)
“Word is the expression of truth, the very truth, being, action.”
John of Kronstadt (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tell the truth, even if that truth is sometimes unpalatable.”
Jane Tranter (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would like to start with just clarifying a bit of sanity as regards to this matter. Let me establish some truth so that the general public can have a better understanding of what has been and what is now. A lot has been said on social media and there are a lot of misconceptions and opinions trying to distort the truth.”
Lucky Aiyedatiwa (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Paul Feyerabend described science as a place of anarchy based not on logical-rational method but on protocols, the tools of the trade. Science is, therefore, a ‘relative’ discipline, capable of affirming truth only in relation to data conventionally compared: a truth-error. (Requiem per la verità, p. 334)”
Vittorino Andreoli (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“so I'm going to share my story, my truth, in hopes that it inspires people (who are oppressed and made ill by faith and hate hypocrisy) to pick up your sick beds and walk - walk in truth.”
Lydia Meredith (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ultimately, the last word is never ours. Peirce said: the meaning of my life is entrusted to others. [...] Which proves that truth is never something definitive; we are always mistaken. On a journey. It is no coincidence that I speak of the “transit of truth.”
Carlo Sini (born 1933) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That’s the truth, just as you have said the truth, it is racist”
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the biggest mistakes of humanity is to foolishly think we are these physical bodies and life ends when this physical body deteriorates. The truth is that we are spirit. Living now gives us the opportunity to ‘hone’ our spirit so that it is more aligned with higher forces of truth and light.”
Gina Lopez (1953–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What I know about my audience is that when I do good work, they will speak. My track record, of creating amazing characters speaks for me because that is what I do. I give my all to my characters, I re-write scripts. I make sure that I give my audience the truth and nothing but the truth.”
Moshidi Motshegwa first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Moshidi Motshegwa knows one thing for sure: No one can take what God gave you Times Live (22 April 2019)
“If you're abducted for speaking truth to power, if you're in prison for speaking truth to power, it's hard, but if you're waking up and you're living a life, a shell of a life that is limited in opportunity and possibility, that is also hard.”
Namatai Kwekweza (born 1999) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zimbabwean activist wins German Africa Prize 14 November, 2025
“To uphold that is difficult because you either fall into the trap of not living your truth or you stay content in your truth. With social media there is all this pressure to keep up with the slay queens and please fans”
Tebogo Khalo (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But then I realised, how will they know the truth if you do not bring them closer to the truth? And the God that we serve is above everyone else. The God that we serve is more powerful than any other power on earth.”
Benjamin Dube (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, this is showbiz life, you know, we know the truth, and that's all that matters, that's what I always tell them. As long as we're a family, we're intact, we understand each other, we know what the truth is,”
Carmina Villarroel (born 1975) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Carmina Villarroel reacts to allegations that she's 'matapobre' and 'pakialamera', By Melanie Uson 5 October 2025.
“Your strong and loving spirit has drawn its light and its flames from Him. Therefore, I am truly, greatly, incredibly fortunate: because in order to love you and think of you, I must love the Truth and think of the Truth. (p. 4)”
Giuseppe Capograssi (1889–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Truth is no longer conformity to the order of the cosmos or of God because, if there is no longer a horizon capable of guaranteeing the eternal framework of immutable order, if the order of the world no longer dwells in its being but depends on “technical doing”, “effectiveness” explicitly becomes the only criterion of truth. (p. 38)”
Umberto Galimberti (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It can be said that the only thing denied to the people of the “paradise of technology” is the truth of paradise. A paradise without truth can be a deception. The suspicion that it is so makes it a hell.”
Emanuele Severino (1929–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every step forward in our certain knowledge of nature is always a step toward the truth of things and, ultimately, toward Truth with a capital T.”
Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just as in “there are no facts, only interpretations”, one can always turn the argument against weak thought by saying that if the explanation of the link between violence and truth is a truth, then weak thought is responsible for the very violence it condemns. (p. 91)”
Maurizio Ferraris (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is important is not reason for its own sake but truth: the value of reason depends on its connection to truth and its ontological roots.”
Luigi Pareyson (1918–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source