Truth Quote by Mario Puzo — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.”

“He'd always been a man who followed his head and not his heart.The heart was just a bloody motor.The head was meant to drive”

“Pope Alexander smiled. He seemed more amused with the story than horrified. "The Baglioni are true believers," he said. "They believe in paradise. Such a great gift. How otherwise can man bear this moral life? Unfortunately, such a belief also gives evil men the courage to commit great crimes in the name of good and God.”

“But della Rovere frowned and said, "Heed my warning, Guido Feltra. He's full of the devil, this son of the church.”

“Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.”

“Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.”

“The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and truth be defamed as a lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world—and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end—is being destroyed.”

“The very condition of having Friends is that we should want something else besides Friends. Where the truthful answer to the question "Do you see the same truth?" would be "I see nothing and I don't care about the truth; I only want a Friend," no Friendship can arise - though Affection of course may. There would be nothing for the Friendship to be about; and Friendship must be about something, even if it were only an enthusiasm for dominoes or white mice. Those who have nothing can share nothing; those who are going nowhere can have no fellow-travellers.”

“... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.”

“Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.”

“God offers to every mind a choice between repose and truth. take which you please--you can never have both. [Essay on Intellect]”