“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Variant: Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.
Source: This is My Story
“I am not a fate worse than death, dammit!”
Lois McMaster Bujold Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
Source: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Human, All Too Human
Section IX, "Man Alone with Himself" / aphorism 483
Human, All Too Human (1878), Helen Zimmern translation
Context: Enemies of truth. Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
“But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.”
Thomas Merton (1915–1968) Priest and author
“Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.”
André Gide book The Immoralist
Source: The Immoralist
“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner
Baba (58)
Source: The Kite Runner (2003)
“… it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“… imperfection would get me farther than perfection.”
Richelle Mead book The Fiery Heart
Source: The Fiery Heart
“More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness”
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker
“Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.”
Annie Barrows book The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Source: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.”
Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer
“Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories.”
Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer
Source: Quintana of Charyn
“Hiding from the truth was worse than being lied to.”
Scott Westerfeld book Afterworlds
Source: Afterworlds
“Ignorance is more than bliss, it's freaking orgasmic ecstacy!”
Jim Butcher book Blood Rites
Source: Blood Rites
“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic
Misattributed
