Pastoral Resources

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood.

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

As I've said, I've been advised not to get into the specifics out there. Is there some truth out there? Yes. Is there a lot of falsehood out there? Absolutely.

The priest is the personification of falsehood.