Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"In mathematics, there is a truth that exists independent of human opinion."Hilbert, David
"In mathematics, we do not create truth; we uncover it."Hilbert, David
"The language of mathematics is the language of certainty in an uncertain world."Hilbert, David
"Mathematics reveals the hidden order that underlies apparent chaos."Hilbert, David
"In mathematics, truth is always discoverable by those willing to seek it."Hilbert, David
"The meaning of a word must lie in the sign itself."Frege, Gottlob
"A sentence is a name for a truth-value."Frege, Gottlob
"Reference without sense is impossible in meaningful language."Frege, Gottlob
"The force of a judgment lies in its content."Frege, Gottlob
"A true proposition corresponds to objective reality."Frege, Gottlob
"Truth is not a matter of opinion but of objective fact."Frege, Gottlob
"Proper names refer directly to objects without intermediate sense."Frege, Gottlob
"A proposition's truth-value is its only semantic feature."Frege, Gottlob
"A true belief must correspond to reality in all respects."Frege, Gottlob
"The distinction between sense and reference is crucial for philosophy."Frege, Gottlob
"Every meaningful assertion has a truth-value, determinate or indeterminate."Frege, Gottlob
"The reference of a term cannot be determined by introspection alone."Frege, Gottlob
"Reality is structured according to the laws of logic."Frege, Gottlob
"The sense of an expression determines its possible references."Frege, Gottlob
"The truth of a judgment never depends on our feelings about it."Frege, Gottlob
"Truth is absolute and independent of all perspective."Frege, Gottlob
"A complete symbol carries its sense and reference transparently."Frege, Gottlob
"Logical laws are normative for all correct thinking."Frege, Gottlob
"Truth cannot be known by inspection of beliefs alone."Frege, Gottlob
"To deny the law of non-contradiction is to abandon reason itself."Frege, Gottlob
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple, yet we must pursue it with all our might."Weyl, Hermann
"To love truth above all things is to free oneself from the tyranny of opinion."Weyl, Hermann
"There is no fact or circumstance that could not be explained if we only imagine explanations in sufficient number."Church, Alonzo
"We must know the truth, and we must speak it."Church, Alonzo
"The pursuit of truth is the noblest of all endeavors."Church, Alonzo