Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"Consistency is credibility. Do what you say, when you say you'll do it."
Thaler, Richard
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"Integrity means aligned values and actions. It's not about being perfect; it's about being honest."
Thaler, Richard
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"We must resist the flattening of human complexity that comes from reductive categories."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Authenticity requires that we align our actions with our deepest convictions."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Truth is not a possession but an ongoing commitment to seeing clearly."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a reliable guide to the truth of those beliefs."
Tversky, Amos
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"What feels true is not always what is true."
Tversky, Amos
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"We are all more biased than we believe ourselves to be."
Tversky, Amos
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"The subjective experience of well-being is important but incomplete without objective capabilities."
Sen, Amartya
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"Truth requires not just correspondence to facts but engagement with meaning."
Sen, Amartya
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"The confidence people express in their beliefs is not a reliable guide to the truth of those beliefs."
Kahneman, Daniel
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"The most important thing is that people believe what they believe."
Kahneman, Daniel
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"We are more impressed by consistency than by accuracy."
Kahneman, Daniel
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"What you see is all there is applies to how we form judgments."
Kahneman, Daniel
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"Confidence is determined by the quality and coherence of the story, not the accuracy of the information."
Kahneman, Daniel
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"We make judgments based on limited information and then justify them afterward."
Kahneman, Daniel
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"Oppression works partly by convincing people that their suffering is natural or inevitable."
Young, Iris Marion
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"Truth emerges through dialogue and disagreement, not from isolated individual reflection."
Young, Iris Marion
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"Responsibility begins with acknowledging how we are implicated in systems we didn't create."
Young, Iris Marion
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"What seems natural and inevitable often reflects the success of naturalization of contingent arrangements."
Young, Iris Marion
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"We are always already political; there is no neutral ground from which to view social life."
Young, Iris Marion
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"We are all walking contradictions between what we say and what we do."
Ariely, Dan
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"Honesty is a complex behavior that we engage in selectively."
Ariely, Dan
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"We tend to believe information that confirms what we already believe."
Ariely, Dan
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"Understanding your own irrationality is liberating."
Ariely, Dan
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"Our irrational behaviors point to deeper truths about what matters to us."
Ariely, Dan
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"We are all capable of both great rationality and spectacular irrationality."
Ariely, Dan
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"Risk communication must be clear, honest, and understandable to the public."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"The illusion of certainty is one of the most dangerous aspects of modern society."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"Media sensationalism distorts our perception of actual risks."
Gigerenzer, Gerd