Truth Quotes

"Scientific work is a sacred trust, and those engaged in it are the custodians of objective truth."

"In science, there are no final truths, only increasingly accurate approximations."

"I would rather be the first to know the truth than to remain in ignorance."

"We must recognize that our biases shape what we see in nature."

"What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence—but we cannot remain silent about what matters most."

"What is real? It seems to me that I should define the real as that which makes a difference."

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool."

"Man can embody truth, but he cannot know it."

"I believe that all the laws of nature are the same for all observers in different states of motion."

"What we cannot speak about, we cannot remain silent on—we must point towards it."

"I insist that we must not try to decide whether things 'really' are or are not."

"Truth is not always an advantage."

"There is something in the world that is very important and very rare: the love of truth."

"In science there are no shortcuts to truth."

"Truth is the only beauty that survives time."

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."

"When you get the answer, you must check it by substituting back into the original equation."

"If you thought that science was certain, well, that is just an error on your part."

"It does not make a difference how beautiful your guess is, how smart you are or what your name is."

"What matters is not whether you are right or wrong, but whether you can prove it."

"When I undertake to refute my opponent, I hope he will show where I am wrong."

"Reality is the ultimate judge of what is true."

"The pursuit of truth requires humility and a willingness to change our minds."

"The connection between all living things is the greatest truth I have discovered."

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."

"I would rather discover one true cause than win a hundred arguments."

"The greatest truth is simplicity, and simplicity is the mark of truth."

"Truth cannot conflict with truth."

"Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty."

"The strength of an argument lies not in its delivery but in its truth."