Quote by Siddhartha Gautama: “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

No matter how well concealed, truth has a way of surfacing eventually. This is both a comfort and a warning — to those suffering under lies, it offers hope; to those doing the concealing, it offers a reminder that nothing stays hidden forever.

The Buddha's teachings were delivered orally across the Gangetic plain of India to monks, laypeople, and rulers alike. They were not written down until centuries after his death. His sayings spread through a society where political and religious power was deeply intertwined and where truth-telling often carried significant personal risk.

Spiritual teacher from ancient South Asia whose teachings on suffering, impermanence, and liberation gave rise to Buddhism, one of the world's major religions. Born a prince in the Shakya clan in present-day Nepal, he renounced wealth to seek enlightenment and spent decades teaching across northern India. His core teachings are preserved in the Pali Canon.