1. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860

2. No truths are simple, especially those of Scripture. But as we pursue them and participate in them more fully, they begin to reveal to us a life deeper and more integrated than we ever could have known otherwise. Tim Hansel

3. Old truths are always new to us if they come to us with the smell of heaven upon them. John Bunyan, 1628-1688

4. The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

5. There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth. Margaret Lee Runbeck

6. Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it; ignorance may deride it; malice may distort it; but there it is. Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965

7. Truth which is merely told is quick to be forgotten; truth which is discovered lasts a lifetime. William Barclay, 1907-1978

8. The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

9. To be persuasive, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be credible. To be credible, we must be truthful. Edward R. Murrow

10. Truth is immortal; error is mortal. Mary Baker Eddy

11. Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented. Georges Braque, 1882-1963

12. Spiritual truth is discernable only to a pure heart, not to a keen intellect. It is not a question of profundity of intellect, but of purity of heart. Oswald Chambers, 1874-1917

13. We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. Blaise Pascal

14. Truth is the only safe ground to stand on. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1815-1902