Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"When the accused can confront their accusers, truth is more likely to emerge."Cesare Beccaria
"To be is to be perceived, and perception shapes all reality we know."George Berkeley
"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true."George Berkeley
"Truth exists independent of our opinions or preferences about it."George Berkeley
"To understand truth, one must be willing to question everything, including oneself."Antonio Genovesi
"In the end, the market doesn't care about your intentions; it reveals the consequences of your actions."Friedrich Hayek
"The most effective way to get from a place A to a place B is to ensure you're not starting from false assumptions about where you already are."Friedrich Hayek
"Words such as 'planned economy' are deceptive; they suggest a rational order that has never been achieved."Friedrich Hayek
"Those who promise to deliver certainty are almost certainly delivering deception."Friedrich Hayek
"The person who believes he can rationally plan a complex economy is either ignorant or dishonest."Friedrich Hayek
"When we say a market failed, we usually mean it failed to produce the outcome we desired, not that it failed to function."Friedrich Hayek
"We must not fear the truth, whatever it may be."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Truth emerges when we abandon otherworldly speculation."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"The pursuit of truth requires abandoning comforting illusions."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"The body's truth is the only truth that matters for living."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"The heart often knows truths that the mind has not yet learned to express."Johann Tetens
"Truth emerges not from authority but from the honest examination of evidence and experience."Johann Tetens
"The true is convertible with the made."Giovanni Vico
"Truth cannot contradict truth, for reality is one."Giovanni Vico
"The light of truth often blinds those accustomed to darkness."Giovanni Vico
"Truth has a power of its own."Johann Goethe
"In every concealment there is also a disclosure."Johann Goethe
"The first and last thing required of a genius is love of the truth."Johann Goethe
"All that is hard to endure is hard to hide."Johann Goethe
"Truth always finds its way to the surface."Johann Herder
"Truth is often stranger and more beautiful than fiction."Johann Herder
"Truth is the foundation of all virtue."Catharine Macaulay
"Truth may be inconvenient, but it is always necessary."Catharine Macaulay
"Only the nobler natures can grasp a truth that is unveiled."Friedrich Schiller
"The man who has never grieved over the loss of truth, has never truly lived."Friedrich Schiller