Truth Quotes

"Truth emerges slowly from the collision of competing ideas in rational discourse."

"The true doctrine is that all things are right in themselves, and wrong only by accident."

"The only truth which has any intrinsic merit of being believed is that of being useful."

"Truth is the nursing mother of genuine learning."

"The death of illusions is the birth of truth."

"Truth is not a possession but a process of continuous discovery."

"There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths."

"All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth comes only from the senses."

"Truth does not come into the world in the way a child comes into the world."

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

"The greatest thing is to be honest with oneself."

"The ultimate test of what a truth means is indeed the conduct it dictates or inspires."

"The first step toward being right is to want to know what is right."

"The most common form of despair is not being who you are."

"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true."

"Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority."

"Subjectivity is truth."

"Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own."

"The most dangerous untrue thing is the almost true thing."

"What is truth but to live for an idea?"

"Truth never damages a cause that is just."

"Logic, truth, and consistency must be the tools of all government."

"The true is the whole; but the whole only becomes true through its development"

"Distinguish always between what people profess and what they actually do"

"Every thought should be tested against reality before acceptance as knowledge."

"The opinion of the majority is not necessarily the truth."

"Truth is the supreme good in the intellectual world."

"The most profound truths are often hidden in plain sight."

"The greatest barrier to truth is not ignorance, but false certainty."

"Truth is not found in isolation, but in dialogue with reality."