Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"The order and connection of ideas is the same as the order and connection of things."Spinoza, Baruch
"The essence of any individual thing involves a certain eternal and infinite expression."Spinoza, Baruch
"If you would be a real seeker of truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."Descartes, René
"Prejudice is an obstacle to the acquisition of truth."Descartes, René
"Doubt is the first step toward truth."Descartes, René
"When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."Descartes, René
"Silence is the greatest respect one can pay to truth."Descartes, René
"All that is clear and distinct in our thought is true."Descartes, René
"Reason is the lamp that illuminates the path to truth."Descartes, René
"Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues."Al-Ghazali
"Truth is like the sun; it cannot be hidden for long."Al-Ghazali
"The truth, though delayed, will ultimately prevail."Al-Ghazali
"The proof of a thing is its existence; without proof there is no existence."Avicenna
"Truth is like the sun; you cannot look directly at it without being blinded."Avicenna
"The pursuit of truth is the noblest of all pursuits."Avicenna
"The rational soul seeks truth as naturally as the eye seeks light."Avicenna
"The power of words lies in their truth."Avicenna
"Covetousness, ambition, revenge are rooted in the human heart."Locke, John
"The secret to understanding men is to understand what they fear."Locke, John
"The greatest obstacle to truth is the assumption that we already possess it."Locke, John
"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling of the human mind."Locke, John
"The truth will not set you free unless you have the courage to speak it."Locke, John
"Nothing is more useful than for writers to distinguish between the seeming and the real."Hume, David
"Truth springs from argument amongst friends."Hume, David
"No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish."Hume, David
"In all matters we must distinguish between the appearance of a thing and its reality."Hume, David
"Truth does not contradict truth."Averroes
"The greater the man, the greater his love of truth."Averroes
"Truth is eternal and unchanging."Averroes
"The unity of truth transcends all human divisions."Averroes