Henri Frederic Amiel Truth Quotations

Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

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

A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.

The thirst for truth is not a French passion