Truth

"Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit." Martha Gellhorn

"Most people do not seek truth. They seek comfort in illusions." Friedrich Nietzsche

"I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy." A. J. Liebling

"No one outside America any longer believes the US media or the US government... You can't believe a word the American media says. If they say anything correct, it's just an accident." Paul Craig Roberts

"The "Western media" is the head of a talking snake." James Morcan

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi

"Remember when everyone finally admitted that pro wrestling was fake, but the fans didn't care and kept pretending it was real anyway? This is where we're at with NASA now" Unbekannt

"... we have to learn to use that force (love) among all that lives, and in the use of it consists our knowledge of God. Where there is love there is life; hatred leads to destruction." Mahatma Gandhi

"The optimist is no less often wrong than the pessimist, but he lives more joyfully." Charlie Rivel

"Perfection is the salt in the soup. Too much of it makes it inedible." Stefan Fleischer

"Always be yourself, because an original is always worth more than a copy." Harvey Specter

"The state has never been concerned with truth as such, but only with what serves its interests—more precisely, with whatever proves useful to it, whether truth, half-truth, or falsehood." Friedrich Nietzsche

"Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood." Martin Luther King Jr.

"The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they knew about difficulties of the Mormon past, but have offered to the Saints instead a mixture of platitudes, half-truths, omissions, and plausible denials." Dennis Michael Quinn