Truth Quotes

"The psychological distance we maintain from our actions determines their moral quality."

"Conformity is not merely social pressure; it is the internalization of doubt about one's own perception."

"Conformity is the path of least cognitive resistance, but not of greatest truth."

"In matters of perception and judgment, consensus is often the enemy of truth."

"Social influence shapes not only what we do, but how we perceive what we see."

"We are more honest about our conformity when we understand its inevitability."

"Be as you wish to seem."

"A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous."

"The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth."

"The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves."

"We must be vigilant against the 'banality of evil' that Hannah Arendt described so eloquently."

"The study of mind control reveals how vulnerable we all are to manipulation."

"The path from good to evil is often paved with small compromises and rationalization."

"How hollow and exhausted everything is when one examines it closely."

"Truth is so obscured nowadays, and lies are so well established, that unless we love the truth, we shall never find it."

"The worst evil is that evil wears the guise of good."

"It is not certain that everything is uncertain."

"The world is everything that is the case."

"Whereof one cannot speak, one must pass over in silence."

"The truth of my statements is the attitude with which they are employed."

"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself."

"What can be said at all can be said clearly."

"The facts all matter equally."

"The world is the totality of facts, not of things."

"The objective observation of behavior is the only honest path to understanding humanity."

"We must study what people do, not what they claim to think or feel."

"The objective world is all we can truly know; subjective experience is too unreliable for science."

"We create meaning through our actions and habits, not through internal philosophical reflection."

"The results are both amazing and troubling. They raise the fundamental question of human nature and morality."

"Many people, perhaps most people, do not have highly developed moral convictions. Their ethics are situational."