Truth Quotes

"Truth is an integral part of scientific thinking."

"In science, there are no shortcuts to truth."

"Truth is not about consensus, but about correspondence with reality."

"The beauty of a physical theory often reveals its truth."

"The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ought to be."

"The scientist only imposes two things on himself: that he shall observe the truth of fact, and that he shall not lie about it."

"Beauty in mathematics is the first indication of truth."

"The pursuit of truth requires absolute intellectual honesty."

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

"You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong."

"We should always be asking: Is this idea true?"

"First principles: don't fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."

"Authority is not a source of truth."

"You cannot maintain laws of physics unless you admit you're guessing."

"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be."

"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important ones."

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."

"I am not interested in winning; I am interested in truth."

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."

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

"The reality we can put into words is never the whole reality."

"The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity."

"The scientist who is not willing to follow the truth wherever it leads is not a true scientist."

"An inconvenient truth is still a truth."

"The scientist who pursues truth for its own sake serves humanity better than one who seeks practical applications."

"The truth does not change because we refuse to acknowledge it."

"What cannot be said cannot be whispered either."

"The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, conditions which ought to be imposed on everybody in all cases."

"Memory is not a filing cabinet filled with photographs of events that actually occurred. It is a story we tell ourselves about the past."

"Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question."