It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.
The value of a man is in his intrinsic qualities: in that of which power cannot strip him and which adverse fortune cannot take away. That for which he is indebted to circumstances is mere trapping and tinsel.
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.