Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"The truth is often more beautiful than fiction."Church, Alonzo
"In mathematics, there are no shortcuts to truth."Church, Alonzo
"Truth is independent of our beliefs about it."Church, Alonzo
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the need for reflection."Poincaré, Henri
"Facts do not speak for themselves; they must be arranged and interpreted by the human mind."Poincaré, Henri
"The deepest truths are often the simplest ones we overlook."Poincaré, Henri
"The price of truth is eternal vigilance against self-deception."Poincaré, Henri
"The deepest truths cannot be spoken; they must be experienced and felt."Whitehead, Alfred North
"Individual scientists like to think of science as an impersonal, logical, and mechanical affair."Turing, Alan
"In any case, the evidence of our own senses can be trusted."Turing, Alan
"Truth exists independent of our ability to express it in words or symbols."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"Truth is not relative; our access to it is always limited and imperfect."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"The structures of logic are discovered, not invented, by the human mind."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"The structure of logic is not imposed upon reality but discovered within it."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"A proof should be like a clear window pane through which one can see the truth."Hilbert, David
"Completeness and consistency—these are the twin pillars upon which all knowledge must rest."Hilbert, David
"Axioms must be so self-evident that no amount of argument can make them clearer."Hilbert, David
"Consistency is the mark of the human mind; truth is the mark of the universe."Hilbert, David
"To prove something is to make it eternally true."Hilbert, David
"Every axiom must earn its place through necessity and clarity."Hilbert, David
"A proof that compels agreement is a proof that enlightens."Hilbert, David
"The beauty of logic is that it admits no favorites, only truth."Hilbert, David
"In the realm of mathematics, there are no accidents, only necessities."Hilbert, David
"Mathematics demands honesty of thought and clarity of expression."Hilbert, David
"The sentence 'snow is white' is true if and only if snow is white."Tarski, Alfred
"Truth is a property of sentences, not of the world itself."Tarski, Alfred
"The concept of truth is both simple and complex."Tarski, Alfred
"Every meaningful statement can be made precise."Tarski, Alfred
"Truth transcends opinion and subjective feeling."Tarski, Alfred
"Reality conforms to logical principles."Tarski, Alfred