“What scientific truth tells you is: what things are. Genuine religious truth tells you: how you should act. These are not the same.”

“A friend tells you what you want to hear; a best friend tells you the truth.”

“Let me tell you the truth. The truth is what is, and what should be is a fantasy. A terrible, terrible lie that someone gave to the people long ago.”

“There is no truth except the truth that exists within you. Everything else is what someone is telling you.”

“Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.”

“Tell the truth. If you tell the truth all the time you don't have to worry three months down the line about what you said three months earlier. Truth is always the truth. You won't have to complicate your life by trying to cover up.”

“What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie.”

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

“Friends should always tell you the truth. But please don’t.”

“At the time I thought what I had with you and your mother was better than nothing. But if you can't tell the truth to the people you care about the most, eventually you stop being able to tell the truth to yourself.”