Truth Quotes

"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling of the human intellect."

"The principle of non-contradiction is the foundation of all rational thought, yet it too must be examined."

"Constructive mathematics is the only honest mathematics because it alone creates what it claims to know."

"Intuitionistic mathematics teaches us that certainty comes only through construction."

"In mathematics, as in life, authenticity cannot be compromised for convenience."

"A mathematical truth is neither simple nor complicated in itself, it is."

"What is clear must also be true, for clarity is the hallmark of genuine understanding."

"Every definition must lead somewhere; otherwise, it is merely empty ceremony."

"A single counterexample can overturn a thousand assertions."

"Every true mathematical statement reflects something eternal about the nature of reality."

"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."

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

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

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

"A concept is a function whose value is always a truth-value."

"One should distinguish between the sense and the reference of a sign."

"A thought is true or false; there is no third option."

"Logic is the science of the laws of truth."

"The law of contradiction is fundamental."

"Identity is a fundamental relation."

"Every statement is either true or false."

"A proposition is either true in all respects or false."

"The law of excluded middle is inviolable."

"Truth is objective and mind-independent."

"A true thought corresponds to reality."

"Nothing can both be and not be simultaneously."

"Every rational being must accept the laws of logic."

"Logic is the science of thinking itself."

"A true proposition reflects the structure of reality."