“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
— George Orwell Primary source“We’ve learned from experience that the truth will come out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were wrong or right. Nature’s phenomena will agree or they’ll disagree with your theory. And, although you may gain some temporary fame and excitement, you will not gain a good reputation as a scientist if you haven’t tried to be very careful in this kind of work.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“A Truth thats told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent.”
“Observation is the ultimate and final judge of the truth of an idea.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand.”
— Thucydides Primary source“Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“There’s no one thing that’s true. It’s all true.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“By honest I don’t mean that you only tell what’s true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all the information that is required for somebody else who is intelligent to make up their mind.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Half the truth is often a great lie.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“Truth is our element of life, yet if a man fasten his attention on a single aspect of truth, and apply himself to that alone for a long time, the truth becomes distorted and not itself, but falsehood.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Truth was the only daughter of Time.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“It is interesting that human relationships, if there is an independent way of judging truth, can become unargumentative.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“For every friend whom he loses for truth, he gains a better.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“When the wine enters, out goes the truth.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.”
— Marie Curie Disputed“Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.”
— William Blake Primary sourceScience Honesty Lies Courage Writing