By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.
Lao-Tze
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
Virginia Woolf
Justice is truth in action.
Benjamin Disraeli
Moral courage and character go hand in hand .... a man of real character is consistently courageous, being imbued with a basic integrity and a firm sense of principle.
Martha Boaz
Never allow the integrity of your own way of seeing things and saying things to be swamped by the influence of a master, however great.
George P. Lathrop
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
Katherine Mansfield 1888
Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness.
Confucius
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
Martin Luther King
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Winsont Churchill
The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.
Thomas Merton
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself. "It all depends on me."
Andre Gide 1869
Truth is by nature self-evident, as soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Gandhi