Truth Quotes

"A statement's meaningfulness depends upon its method of verification or confirmation."

"Analytic statements tell us nothing about the world; synthetic statements tell us everything empirical."

"The synthetic a priori is a myth; knowledge is either analytic or empirical."

"The verification principle is itself a rule for meaningful discourse, not an empirical claim."

"Truth within a framework and the choice of framework are distinct philosophical issues."

"The verifiability criterion distinguishes sense from nonsense in discourse."

"Truth and meaning are internal to particular linguistic frameworks."

"Against relativism, one must insist that there is a reality independent of any human beliefs."

"Expectations often determine experiences, but there is always a reality that can invalidate them."

"Our duty is not to settle the question, but to keep it open and alive."

"Truth is hard; falsity is easy and comfortable."

"Truth has a way of asserting itself despite our reluctance to hear it."

"The pursuit of truth is lonely, but it is also the most noble endeavor."

"What cannot be verified empirically is merely emotive utterance."

"We must be careful not to mistake grammatical possibility for logical possibility."

"Without verification, a claim is neither true nor false—it is meaningless."

"Emotions are the domain of ethics; logic is the domain of truth."

"Necessary truths are conventions of language, not discoveries about the world."

"Every meaningful proposition is either analytic or empirically verifiable."

"Meaningfulness demands that a statement be capable of confirmation or disconfirmation."

"The atomic facts of the world correspond to the atomic propositions of language."

"Truth and falsity apply only to propositions about empirical matters."

"The so-called ineffable cannot be spoken of, even indirectly or by analogy."

"Everyone is the other, and no one is himself."

"What is real is what matters."

"The voice of truth is quiet and persistent."

"The essence of truth is freedom."

"The world is everything that is the case."

"What can be said at all can be said clearly."

"If I have exhausted the justifications I have reached bedrock, and my spade is turned."