Truth Quotes

"The pursuit of truth demands we question everything, including our own cherished beliefs."

"Truth is stranger and more wonderful than any fiction we could imagine."

"The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own breath."

"See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary."

"Two truths cannot contradict one another."

"Authority cannot make what is false to be true."

"The gates of truth are guarded by reason and empiricism."

"Like a ship entering a harbor in storm, my life has found its shelter in the pursuit of truth."

"I am not just talking about something in the abstract; I am talking about a reality."

"Truth is always the strongest argument."

"Men have sometimes stumbled upon truth and picked themselves up and hurried along as if nothing had happened."

"The effort required to remain faithful to one's conscience is not wasted."

"A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a seeker after truth."

"The principle of science is that you must not fool yourself, and you're the easiest person to fool."

"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs about different matters."

"To find a thing you must look where it is."

"You must never fool yourself, and remember you are the easiest person to deceive."

"Uncertainty is inherent in nature and in our understanding of it."

"I am even more convinced now that the pursuit of truth and beauty is a form of prayer."

"I love my country, but I love truth better."

"There is no greater source of disagreement than the interpretation of the facts."

"The greatest precision of speech is useful to agree and determine controversies, which arise from ambiguous and equivocal use of words."

"Questions are not settled by counting hands but by strength of argument."

"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true."

"I build no hypotheses; what the phenomena declares, I state."

"The smallest truths lead to the greatest discoveries."

"Certainty comes not from belief but from proof."

"The rational mind seeks not comfort but truth."

"True science leaves no room for dogma."

"The precision of mathematics is the closest we come to certainty."