Truth Quotes

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

"Truth itself, if not presented in a timely fashion, becomes a lie."

"Unity and truth are found in the heart of nature."

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

"Nothing must be introduced into the science which is not directly observed and universally agreed upon."

"The beauty of scientific truth is that it is independent of opinion."

"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."

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

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

"What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right."

"If you would be a real seeker of truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt everything, as far as possible."

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

"To accept a theory is not to believe it is true, but to believe it is empirically adequate."

"Empirical adequacy requires that a theory correctly predicts all observable outcomes."

"We should be cautious about asserting the existence of what we cannot observe."

"Theoretical virtues guide us, but truth is a higher authority than elegance."

"We can trust what science tells us about the observable world with reasonable confidence."

"Truth may exceed what science can establish, and that is philosophically important."

"The pursuit of truth requires both rigorous method and intellectual humility."

"Rational science respects both evidence and the limits of empirical method."

"The observable world is real, whether or not our theories capture ultimate reality."

"The success of science suggests our theories are at least empirically reliable."

"We must abandon the illusion that the physical world is determined by immutable laws independent of human observation."

"The criterion of truth is that it works, practically and theoretically."

"In the confrontation between the stream of history and the rock of mathematics, mathematics must win."

"The deepest truths often appear as paradoxes."

"Mathematical truth is eternal and independent of human belief."

"The search for truth is the highest calling."

"Truth emerges from the dialogue between theory and experiment."

"In seeking truth, we honor the universe itself."