Quotes from the Saints on Truth

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'People hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is they love more than the truth. They love truth when it shines warmly on them, and hate it when it rebukes them.'

St. Augustine

'Truth always shines with a brilliancy of its own, whilst falsehood is clouded in darkness, to dispel which it is enough to place it in the presence of truth.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

'The human mind is so blind and sick, so base and ill mannered, that it desires to lie hidden, but does not wish that anything should be hidden from it.'

St. Augustine

'We should not dispute stubbornly with anyone; rather we should patiently give our reasons with the purpose of declaring the truth lest our neighbor remain in error, and not that we should have the upper hand.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

'It is never lawful to tell a lie; we ought always to speak the truth, whatever it may cost us.'

St. Benedict Joseph Labre

'Since they are unwilling to be deceived, they are unwilling to be convinced that they have been deceived.

Therefore, they hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is that they love in place of the truth.'

St. Augustine

'We should express ourselves in few words; the truth is all its simplicity suffices. We should guard against enlarging on the consequences; truth in itself always carries conviction; too many ornaments but weaken and over-weight it in its struggle with error.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

'Why, then does truth generate hatred, and why does Thy servant who preaches the truth come to be an enemy to those who also love the happy life? The happy life is nothing other than joy in the truth. . .'

St. Augustine

'If charity and sweetness have not truth for their companion they do not deserve the names of charity and sweetness, but those of hypocrisy and vanity.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

'Pride is an illusion, a lie and a theft. And since it is a truth of faith that we are nothing, he who esteems himself and thinks that he is someone is a seducer who deceives himself.'

St. Jean Eudes

'Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola