“This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater gifts, and endowments.”
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For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.
The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth.
I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.