Truth Quote by Eugène Ionesco — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Realism falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our basic truths and our fundamental obsessions: love, death, astonishment. It presents man in a reduced and estranged perspective. Truth is in our dreams, in the imagination.”

“Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician.”

“The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.”

“The clash of ideas is not weakness.Truth reaches its place when tussling with error.”

“Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity.”

“Truth has to be credible or it makes as much trouble as any lie!”

“There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long for the perfection of yourself. The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.”

“Nothing is generous. New knowledge is a valuable commodity. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we are.”