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All of humanity is in peril of extinction if each one of us does not dare, now and henceforth, always to tell only the truth, and all the truth, and to do so promptly — right now.
Buckminster Fuller1895–1983Critical Path (1981)
The highest of generalizations is the synergetic integration of truth and love.
Buckminster Fuller1895–1983“Synergy” onwards, 1005.56
- Love
The nearest each of us can come to God is by loving the truth.
Buckminster Fuller1895–1983Critical Path (1981)
- God
I operate from a place of delusion-that’s what the Fame is all about… I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be⁠—and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.
Lady Gagaborn 1986“The Rise of Lady Gaga” by Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone (11 June 2009), pp. 57-61
- Motivation & Goals
I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948
- God
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self sustained.
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948Young India 1924-1926 (1927), p. 1285
Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948Basic Education (1951) p. 89
- Time
If any theories or opinions of mine can be damaged by facts, so much the worse for my theories.
James A. Garfield1831–1881Commissioner Wells’s Report. Remarks made in the House of Representatives, January 1869. Quoted in
- Facts
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832
The first and last thing demanded of genius is love of truth.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Maxims and Reflections (1833), Maxim 382, trans. Stopp
- Genius
Error is related to truth as sleeping is to waking. I have observed that when one has been in error, one turns to truth as though revitalized.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Maxims and Reflections (1833), Maxim 331, trans. Stopp
I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.
Samuel Goldwyn1882–1974
One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground.
Baltasar Gracián1601–1658
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
Baltasar Gracián1601–1658
Some marry the first information they receive, and turn what comes later into their concubine. Since deceit is always first to arrive, there is no room left for truth.
Baltasar Gracián1601–1658The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647), Maxim 227 (p. 128)