Truth Quotes

"The map is not the territory."

"There is no objective reality, only the reality we construct through our interactions."

"Truth is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."

"Truth hides in the details of everyday life."

"In the presence of truth, all pretense becomes impossible."

"What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things."

"In moments of crisis, the true nature of a society is revealed."

"The anthropologist observes not to judge but to understand"

"The study of cultures that differ from our own is the best antidote to ethnocentrism"

"The modern crisis is fundamentally a crisis of meaning, stemming from the loss of shared spiritual truths."

"The human person is oriented toward transcendence; deny this truth and you diminish what it means to be human."

"The human conscience is the voice of transcendent truth calling us to account for our choices."

"The modern attempt to build ethics without God reveals itself again and again to be an impossible task."

"The loss of the sacred in modern life has resulted in the loss of the ability to distinguish the truly valuable from the merely pleasant."

"Truth requires courage to pursue and humility to acknowledge."

"The pursuit of truth is the noblest of all endeavors."

"Reality is complex; those who claim simplicity are deceiving."

"Truth is relative to the perspective of the observer."

"Beauty and truth are closer cousins than we believe."

"Truth often appears as heresy in its time."

"To be a historian is to be a man committed to truth."

"The historian must be critical of all sources, including himself."

"Truth cannot be suppressed forever."

"Truth emerges from rigorous inquiry and debate."

"Every historical event has multiple truths."

"Truth is stranger than fiction, and history proves it."

"Truth requires multiple perspectives."

"The historian's duty is to the truth."

"Truth in history is approached, never fully achieved."

"Truth in history emerges through dialogue and debate."