Truthfulness consists in stating a fact as it is. It is a moral virtue which should be very highly cultivated. There is no religion higher than truth. It is a cardinal virtue, without which virtues can not subsist . truthful men are honoured everywhere. On the other hand, a liar loses the confidence even of his own friends. We must always speak the truth. If a truth is bitter and may cause unnecessary offence to others by speaking an untruth. Undue flattery is also a kind of falsehood which degrades man.
Some men tell lies from mere indifference others from a desire to please others. All these forms are equally bad. But the worst is that which we invent for our own benefit to injure others. This habit of lying is very degrading. A liar is not believed even when he speaks the truth.
History shows that truthful men suffered much they did not give up truthfulness. If scientists, philosophers teachers and prophets had not revealed the truths to the world at large, the world would not have progressed at all. They preferred suffering and even death to the with holding of the truths which they had seen and realized. Their name will shine for ever for this service of humanity.
Some men tell lies from mere indifference others from a desire to please others. All these forms are equally bad. But the worst is that which we invent for our own benefit to injure others. This habit of lying is very degrading. A liar is not believed even when he speaks the truth.
History shows that truthful men suffered much they did not give up truthfulness. If scientists, philosophers teachers and prophets had not revealed the truths to the world at large, the world would not have progressed at all. They preferred suffering and even death to the with holding of the truths which they had seen and realized. Their name will shine for ever for this service of humanity.
