I have been reading and re-reading Aldous Huxley this past month or so, and so much of what he wrote has bearing on truth -- and lies. More to come, but here are some samples:
"An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie."
Aldous Huxley
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
Aldous Huxley
"Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations."
Aldous Huxley
"Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors."
Aldous Huxley
"Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know."
Aldous Huxley
"Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them."
Aldous Huxley
"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad."
Aldous Huxley
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