Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"Data is not opinion; it is nature's way of correcting our delusions."
Alfred Hershey
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"The laboratory demands honesty; you cannot lie to nature and expect to understand her."
Alfred Hershey
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"We must abandon the illusion that humanity stands apart from nature's laws."
Hermann Muller
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"Those who deny evolution deny the fundamental truth written in every living thing."
Hermann Muller
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"The weak may be virtuous, but virtue does not guarantee survival."
Hermann Muller
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"To deny evolution is to deny the evidence written in every fossil and gene."
Hermann Muller
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"In nature, there is no substitute for fitness."
Hermann Muller
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"The hereditary material is more constant than the organism expressing it"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Careful observation combined with mathematical analysis reveals truth"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Heredity follows law; appearance follows circumstance"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The science of heredity has replaced folklore with fact"
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"In the pursuit of truth, we must be willing to be wrong repeatedly."
Max Delbrück
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"The universe does not care about our theories; it reveals only what we are ready to see."
Max Delbrück
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"A theory that cannot be proven wrong is not a theory—it is dogma."
Max Delbrück
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"Nature does not deceive us; we deceive ourselves with false expectations."
Max Delbrück
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"The most profound truths in science are often the simplest ones."
Max Delbrück
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"Every law of nature is a constraint that enables greater possibilities."
Max Delbrück
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"Nature is not a mystery to be solved but a reality to be understood."
Max Delbrück
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"The pursuit of truth demands courage and humility"
Hugo de Vries
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"Love of truth must exceed love of comfort"
Hugo de Vries
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"Truth emerges slowly but emerges surely"
Hugo de Vries
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"The pursuit of truth demands both humility and intellectual courage."
Oswald Avery
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"The most profound truths are often hidden in plain sight, waiting for the prepared mind to discover them."
Oswald Avery
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"The experimental organism does not lie; we sometimes misinterpret its testimony."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"Truth lies in the observation of nature, not in speculation."
August Weismann
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"The natural world operates according to fixed laws, not whim."
August Weismann
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"Natural selection is not a theory but an observable fact of nature."
August Weismann
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"Truth is stranger than fiction."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Truth must be our guiding principle in all things."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Truth lies buried beneath the surface, waiting to be discovered."
Richard Owen