Truth Quotes

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

40912 quotes

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"To be uncertain is to be honest about the nature of existence itself."
Everett, Hugh
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"The multiverse is not a speculation; it is the inevitable consequence of taking quantum mechanics seriously."
Everett, Hugh
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"Quantum mechanics is the most honest description of a reality too strange for intuition."
Everett, Hugh
E
"Reality branches not because the universe is indecisive but because all possibilities are real."
Everett, Hugh
E
"The many-worlds interpretation is the simplest explanation: all worlds are equally real."
Everett, Hugh
E
"The mathematics of the wave function is the universe's way of being honest about itself."
Everett, Hugh
B
"The ground is the whole, and we are to understand this as the basic reality."
Bohm, David
B
"When you stop dividing the world into subject and object, you see what is really there."
Bohm, David
B
"Reality is a flowing, undivided process, not a collection of static things."
Bohm, David
B
"Wholeness is not an ideal to achieve; it is the nature of reality."
Bohm, David
B
"When you stop dividing reality into categories, you see its true nature."
Bohm, David
B
"The universe does not care about our philosophical preferences."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"Experiment should always be the final arbiter in physics."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"The debate over quantum interpretations is not merely academic; it touches on the nature of reality."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"We must distinguish between what we can measure and what truly exists."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"Physics is not about building models that match our preconceptions; it is about discovering truth."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"Physical theory must ultimately answer to experiment, not to philosophical preference."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"Quantum mechanics has been tested to extraordinary precision; it continues to pass every test."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"Every new experiment either confirms or challenges our theoretical understanding."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"The violation of Bell inequalities forces us to reconsider the nature of physical reality."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"We cannot escape the non-locality of quantum mechanics through clever philosophical arguments."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"Quantum mechanics is not complete, but neither is it wrong about what it predicts."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, upon himself and upon his peers."
Schrödinger, Erwin
S
"The plurality that we perceive is only an appearance; it is not real. Ultimately there is only one."
Schrödinger, Erwin
S
"One cannot demand logical proof of the existence of an external world."
Schrödinger, Erwin
S
"Man can embody truth and manifest it in the flesh and blood of his life."
Schrödinger, Erwin
S
"Reality cannot be in conflict with itself."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"Nature does not present itself to us uninterpreted."
Kuhn, Thomas
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"The very language we use to describe nature shapes how we understand it."
Kuhn, Thomas
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"The history of science reveals that what we call truth is often contextual."
Kuhn, Thomas