“To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues
“He is one of a crowd, a taxpayer, an elector, an anonymity, but not a man.Source: Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
“No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.
“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives
“Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand
“All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired
“The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
“It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else
“There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
“Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them
“There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly