Quotes on Truth from Upanishads and Puranas

A small collection of quotes on Truth from Upanishads and Puranas.

The face of truth is covered by a pot of gold. – Ishavasya Upanishad

Speak the Truth - Taittiriya Upanishad

Satyam eva jayate - Truth alone triumphs. (Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.6)

Where speaking a lie protects people's lives, untruth is the truth there, and even a truth can be a falsehood. – Padma Purana

Truth is indeed not truth where there is violence. A compassionate untruth alone is the truth there. For truth is only that which benefits people, not what is otherwise. – Devi Bhagavatam

Asato ma sadgamaya, Tamaso ma jyotirgamaya, Mrityorma amritam gamaya - Lead me from falsehood to truth, from darkness to light, from death to immortality. (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28)

"Yato vacho nivartante aprapya manasa saha - Whence words turn away, along with the mind, unable to reach it. (Taittiriya Upanishad 2.9.1)

Satyam vada, dharmam chara - Speak the truth, practice righteousness. (Mahabharata)

Satyam bruhat, priyam bruhat, na bruhat satyam apriyam - Speak the truth which is pleasant, do not speak unpleasant truth, do not speak pleasant untruth. (Taittiriya Upanishad 1.11.1)

Yadannritam vadati, satyena patati - What is false falls away, what is true remains. (Taittiriya Upanishad 2.8.1)