Truth Quotes

"We are not separate from nature but products of nature, through and through."

"If we possessed a perfect knowledge of all the phenomena of nature, we should see that everything that exists is exactly as it should be."

"Truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtue and all social relations."

"The power of an idea lies not in how widely it is believed, but in how true it is."

"We must learn to see the world not as we wish it to be, but as it actually is."

"The pursuit of truth requires abandoning preconceived notions and embracing the evidence before our eyes."

"The classification of creatures should honor their true kinships, however distant in appearance."

"An organism cannot acquire traits it has no capacity to develop, no matter how much it desires them."

"An idea, no matter how beautiful, is worthless if it contradicts the evidence before our eyes."

"The laws of heredity are as constant as the laws of physics."

"The fossil record is nature's confession of her methods."

"What we call natural law is simply nature's habit."

"The bones tell stories that flesh cannot speak aloud."

"In the skeleton lies the true portrait of the creature."

"Observation is the mother of all scientific truth."

"Nature is neither cruel nor kind, but perfectly rational in all her works."

"The pursuit of knowledge is a pursuit of truth itself."

"Truth needs no embellishment; it is beautiful as it is."

"Truth cannot be hidden; it will eventually emerge."

"Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

"Wisdom is found only in truth. Nothing but truth will satisfy forever."

"Accept nothing on authority, but put every statement to the test of facts."

"Truth is obtained through experience, not through imagination."

"Veracity is the heart of morality."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you uncomfortable."

"The greatest enemy of truth is not the lie, but the half-truth."

"What we discover in darkness often shines brightest in daylight."

"To be wrong in the pursuit of truth is to be right in spirit."

"The past speaks more eloquently through bone than through any monument."

"To be proven wrong by evidence is to be proven right by nature."