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