Truth Quotes

"We do not see reality; reality reveals itself according to its own essence."

"Truth is a happening, an event of unconcealment that withdraws again."

"There is no greater crime than to suppress the truth."

"The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses."

"That which is true must be true always."

"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling."

"Truth is the foundation of all lasting relationships."

"A truly effective thinker cares nothing for the credit of the thought; he cares infinitely for the truth of it."

"Truth is not fixed, but emerges through dialogue and investigation."

"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."

"The world is everything that is the case."

"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself."

"Clarity is the whole point."

"If a man could say nothing unless he said something true, how much would be left unsaid?"

"Everything that can be said can be said clearly."

"What cannot be said should not be whispered."

"What is unspoken is often the most important."

"Truth in the human sciences is always perspective-dependent; objectivity is a noble but limited aim."

"Truth in human affairs is always dialogical; it emerges through conversation and mutual understanding."

"Truth is not a possession to be acquired but a horizon toward which understanding perpetually moves."

"The true is only the expedient in the way of our thinking."

"The real is that which insists upon forcing its way to recognition."

"The security of our knowledge lies in the method, not in any particular result."

"To every proposition the universe makes answer aye or nay, nothing more."

"An indefiniteness in the object may be an indefiniteness that lies in the object itself."

"The ultimate test of the validity of any argument is the stability of the resulting practice."

"The most important is to preserve the question about being."

"Lethe, or forgetting, is intrinsic to the emergence of truth."

"The clearing is the open region in which beings appear."

"Truth is not conformity of knowledge to objects, but unconcealment."