The best Quotes by Han Suyin

Truth, like surgery, might hurt but it cures.

Lies are comforting. Truth is painful.

Truth never wins, but its enemies cease to exist.

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Which is worse: A lie that draws a smile or a truth that draws a tear?

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Guzmán: "Because she supports me. Unconditionally."
Nadia: "That isn't love, it's devotion, like you would have for a God. People who love you tell you the truth."

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.

Ian Malcolm: "I told the truth."
Peter Ludlow: "Your version of it."
Ian Malcolm: "There are no versions of the truth."

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth!

I didn't realize how destructive the truth could be.

The truth is always there, whether we see it or not - whether we choose to or not. The truth doesn't care about our needs or wants. It doesn't care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions.

When the truth offends me, we lie and we lie until we can no longer remember it is even there. Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

It's my experience that you really can't lose when you try the truth.

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

A man does not flee from truth.

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

I'm not a good liar. I just tell the truth; I think that's the best way.

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

Black Widow: "I don't know, the truth is a matter of circumstances. It's not all things to all people all the time, and neither am I."
Captain America: "That's a tough way to live."
Black Widow: "It's a good way not to die though."

It's the most heroic thing we can do now. Look the truth in the face.

Speaking the truth gets a little easier each time you do it.

People can choose between the sweet lie or the bitter truth. I say the bitter truth, but many people don't want to hear it.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.

What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.

I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.

When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.

I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.

I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.

During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.

I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.

For 45 years I've worked without an audience.

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.

My parents were my worst audience.

I think a night like tonight shows a lot of young girls and young boys that if you can shoot you can shoot. It doesn't matter if you're a girl or a boy, I think it just matters the heart that you have and wanting to be the best that you can be.

I'm looking to do everything that I possibly can to get better in every aspect, whether that's scoring, defending, rebounding, passing, i'm really just excited to be playing against professionals and learning from them and just seeing where that takes me.

Sky is the limit for her and what she can do on the court, in terms of her impact in the game but also the court as well... It's been fun to watch her journey.

I grew up watching Kobe Bryant game after game, ring after ring, living his greatness without apology.

May their light forever shine. Kobe, Gigi, I love you forever. Thank you.