Truth Quotes

"Truth cannot contradict itself; contradiction is the mark of error."

"Truth is that which corresponds to the nature of things as they are."

"The pursuit of truth requires courage to abandon comfortable falsehoods."

"The strength of a theory lies not in its comfort but in its truthfulness."

"In the dialogue between theory and observation, truth gradually emerges."

"The prejudice against women physicians was not so much against the individual as against the sex."

"I have lived my life according to my own principles and convictions."

"The barriers against women in medicine are not based on ability, but on prejudice."

"The prejudice against women doctors is a prejudice against progress."

"If you want the truth, you must search for it with both heart and mind."

"Truth may be hidden, but it cannot remain hidden forever from those who seek it earnestly."

"I have come to understand that uncertainty is not the enemy of knowledge but rather its honest acknowledgment."

"If you would be a real seeker of truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."

"It is only by becoming aware of our own confusion and darkness that we can begin to seek true enlightenment."

"The greatest deception is self-deception."

"Customs and opinions of my country are not more certain than the mathematical truths I discover."

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

"I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories."

"I think it can be shown that the truths of mathematics are eternal and immutable."

"Natural philosophy and mathematics are the surest roads to truth."

"I have no patience for those who dismiss mathematics as merely abstract notation divorced from reality."

"Mathematical truth is independent of human opinion or preference."

"Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on images created by the media."

"Moral disengagement permits people to transgress their personal standards without experiencing distress."

"In the pursuit of truth, one must be willing to abandon comfortable falsehoods."

"Truth needs no decoration; it is beautiful in its nakedness."

"No matter how deeply dyed in the wool an idealist is, he is always capable of being an opportunist when occasion offers."

"Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is an error to be cherished for the possibilities that it contains."

"Every man carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is."

"Nobody can stand the absolute truth."