Picture: Jesus driving out the money changers from the Temple
Love and truth must go together, or neither can be whole. There are facts devoid of love, but facts in and of themselves can never be truth. Facts can be used as a weapon to hurt and destroy, but this is not truth. To know truth we must behold not only the facts, but the soul; about which the facts are but one facet.
For instance, you may know some facts about someone you know, and in anger you throw those facts at the other person without kindness, consideration or understanding of the entirety of that one, and you may say, “Well, it is only the truth!” But, it is not the truth.
When you see the whole person your understanding and compassion grows. You are not focused on a fact, your see the person in the context of who he or she is in his soul’s evolution. Inevitably, this leads to love. You may then pronounce facts, but now it has merged with love and it leads to the truth.
When Jesus drove the money changers out of the Temple he was not just in a rage. First of all he loved God, and he knew so many pilgrims came to the Temple to worship Him as well. All this commerce, shouting out their wares of doves and lambs for sale was not worship, it was changing the feeling of worship into something else. So it was love for God, love for the pilgrims, and ultimately love for the merchants at the gate; for they were creating karma for which they would have to pay and Jesus was powerfully bringing their attention to this. It was forceful, perhaps even violent, but done with love from beginning to end.
So love is not always meek and mild, but it is always humble; surrendered to God. Be sure before you pronounce something as the “truth” that is has merged with love, for only then does it deserve its name.