Truth Quotes

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

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"Truth emerges from proper inquiry."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Truth is worth pursuing."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Truth is not found; it is constructed through rigorous inquiry."
Montague, Richard
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"The quest for precision is the quest for truth itself."
Montague, Richard
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"Truth is not relative, but it is relational—dependent on frameworks of meaning."
Montague, Richard
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"Every true statement opens a door to understanding; every false one closes one."
Montague, Richard
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"The pursuit of truth is not a destination but a way of being."
Montague, Richard
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"The pursuit of logical consistency is the pursuit of intellectual integrity."
Montague, Richard
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"Every statement is a claim about reality; every claim entails responsibility."
Montague, Richard
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"Truth is not a possession but a practice, a way of engaging with reality."
Montague, Richard
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"To speak truthfully is to align one's words with one's understanding of reality."
Montague, Richard
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"Language shapes reality more profoundly than we imagine in our everyday speech."
Kaplan, David
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"Truth is not a destination but a perpetual conversation with reality."
Kaplan, David
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"The truth you refuse to speak costs more than you know."
Kaplan, David
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"All that glitters is not gold."
Fine, Arthur
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"To thine own self be true."
Fine, Arthur
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"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Fine, Arthur
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"The truth will set you free."
Fine, Arthur
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"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."
Fine, Arthur
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"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
Fine, Arthur
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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Fine, Arthur
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"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below."
Fine, Arthur
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"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
Fine, Arthur
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"The truth we speak today becomes the history that judges us tomorrow."
Perry, John
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"Truth is not always comfortable, but comfort without truth is merely escape."
Perry, John
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"The concept of identity persists through time despite constant change."
Fine, Kit
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"The pursuit of truth demands intellectual humility."
Fine, Kit
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"Reality is far more complex than appearances suggest."
Fine, Kit
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"Truth withstands rigorous examination."
Fine, Kit
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"Truth requires both objective facts and subjective interpretation."
Burge, Tyler