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If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying.

— Howard Gardner

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

— Samuel Johnson

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

— Blaise Pascal

Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.

— W. Clement Stone

There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.

— Nikolai Berdyaev

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

— Ice Cube

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

— George Orwell

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is.

— Susan Sontag

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

— John Bradshaw

When we believe in lies, we cannot see the truth, so we make thousands of assumptions and we take them as truth. One of the biggest assumptions we make is that the lies we believe are the truth!

— Don Miguel Ruiz

✗Opposing Perspectives

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.

— Thomas Jefferson