Truth Quotes

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd."

"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it."

"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the desire to understand."

"Truths which are believed in feel quite different from truths which are merely thought of."

"I believe in using words to convey meaning, not to conceal it."

"A proof should be like a clear window pane: we should see through it to the truth beyond."

"Every mathematical truth must eventually appear simple and self-evident."

"The truth of a theorem depends on its logical structure, not on its creator."

"The truth of mathematics is not subject to opinion or convention."

"Truth in mathematics is not democratic - it does not depend on majority opinion."

"The truth, though painful, liberates us from the chains of illusion."

"The most profound truths are often the simplest ones."

"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to abandon comfortable illusions."

"Just as the magnetic needle points to the north, so does the human soul point toward truth."

"Truth needs no ornament; beauty needs no falsehood."

"I do my work not for praise or recognition, but because I must follow where truth leads."

"What appears simple often conceals profound complexity waiting to be unveiled."

"Accuracy is not pedantry; it is reverence for reality."

"The world respects not those who claim to know, but those who seek to understand."

"The most profound truths are often the simplest, yet the hardest to perceive."

"Those who fear the truth are enemies of progress, whether they know it or not."

"The scholar of integrity accepts no conclusion without rigorous examination."

"In the clash between theory and observation, observation must always prevail."

"The beauty of natural law is that it requires neither approval nor belief."

"There is no greater discovery than truth and the way to find it is by scientific investigation."

"I do not feel authorized to assume the existence of any one thing of which I am not as certain as I am of the phenomena I see and work with."

"The truth is that it is impossible to proceed any further by any means which we have hitherto employed."

"The most important thing to do now is to collect facts. With facts we can always find the truth."

"The elegance of a physical theory is often a sign of its truth."

"The equations we write are merely imperfect reflections of nature's perfect order."