Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"You must maintain your integrity at all costs."Rosalind Franklin
"I believe in the power of evidence."Rosalind Franklin
"The pursuit of truth requires patience, dedication, and an openness to being wrong."Dorothy Hodgkin
"The beauty of X-ray crystallography is its honesty - the crystals cannot lie."Dorothy Hodgkin
"Science is the most honest conversation we can have with the natural world."Dorothy Hodgkin
"The opposite of a true statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth can be another profound truth."Niels Bohr
"The definition of truth is that it lasts, that it continues to work in new contexts."Niels Bohr
"The greatest challenge facing humanity is the challenge of distinguishing appearance from reality."Niels Bohr
"Reality is not what it appears to be."Niels Bohr
"The path to truth is paved with failed hypotheses."Niels Bohr
"The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, conditions from which the poetic activity is not free."Max Planck
"Scientific truth is unassailable: plainly, no agency is empowered to rescind it."Max Planck
"Truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."Max Planck
"Truth is independent of the number of people who believe in it."Max Planck
"Truth cannot be manufactured or manipulated; it can only be discovered."Max Planck
"The pursuit of truth is the noblest calling to which a human can dedicate themselves."Max Planck
"Science simply represents an honest attempt to find truth about the natural world."Stephen Jay Gould
"The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie but the myth."Stephen Jay Gould
"The ladder of nature is a myth that has no basis in evolutionary theory."Stephen Jay Gould
"I like to have a reason for my opinions."Enrico Fermi
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."Enrico Fermi
"In science, truth is determined by evidence, not by authority or tradition."Ernest Rutherford
"The scientist's responsibility is to pursue truth regardless of personal convenience."Ernest Rutherford
"The scientific method is humanity's most reliable pathway to truth."Ernest Rutherford
"In science, the authority of nature supersedes all other authorities."Ernest Rutherford
"We must not be deceived by appearances; truth requires careful investigation."Rosalind Franklin
"Scientific truth is not a matter of opinion; it is a matter of evidence."Rosalind Franklin
"I have always believed that evidence, not emotion, should guide scientific conclusions."Rosalind Franklin
"Scientific truth is universal; it does not bend to prejudice or convenience."Rosalind Franklin
"Science is not about proving oneself right; it is about discovering what is true."Rosalind Franklin