Philosophy & Thought: Truth Quotes

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"Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it"

Gertrude Stein, Author

Gertrude Stein

"The secret of masonry is to keep a secret"

Joseph Smith, Jr., Clergyman

Joseph Smith, Jr.

"The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong"

Herbert Spencer, Philosopher

Herbert Spencer

"When one is frightened of the truth, then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of"

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true"

William Ralph Inge, Clergyman

William Ralph Inge

"I lie as truthfully as I can"

Charles Bukowski, Poet

Charles Bukowski

"Simplicity is always the secret to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity"

Charles Bukowski, Poet

Charles Bukowski

"Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts"

Bernard Baruch, Businessman

Bernard Baruch

"Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions"

Edward R. Murrow, Journalist

Edward R. Murrow

"The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue"

Edward R. Murrow, Journalist

Edward R. Murrow

"The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved"

Edward R. Murrow, Journalist

Edward R. Murrow

"There are many sham diamonds in this life, which pass for real, and vice versa"

William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist

William Makepeace Thackeray

"Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening"

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jurist

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

"Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so"

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jurist

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

"If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so"

Christopher Morley, Author

Christopher Morley

"Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own"

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, Politician

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

"But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us"

Alan Watts, Philosopher

Alan Watts

"Whatever can be noted historically can be found within history"

Martin Heidegger, Philosopher

Martin Heidegger

"Language is the house of the truth of Being"

Martin Heidegger, Philosopher

Martin Heidegger

"But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history"

Martin Heidegger, Philosopher

Martin Heidegger

"The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit"

Joseph Addison, Writer

Joseph Addison

"A man must be both stupid and uncharitable, who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side"

Joseph Addison, Writer

Joseph Addison

"A lie can travel half way around the world, while the truth is putting on its shoes"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

Charles Spurgeon

"Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves"

Bryant H. McGill, Author

Bryant H. McGill

"Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it"

Bryant H. McGill, Author

Bryant H. McGill

"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe"

Andy Rooney, Journalist

Andy Rooney

"Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it"

Tacitus, Historian

Tacitus

"Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy"

Tertullian, Author

Tertullian

"Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life?"

Paul Cezanne, Artist

Paul Cezanne

"The nature of rumor is known to all"

Tertullian, Author

Tertullian

"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty"

Tacitus, Historian

Tacitus

"Two kinds of blindness are easily combined, so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not"

Tertullian, Author

Tertullian

"The first reaction to truth is hatred"

Tertullian, Author

Tertullian

"People never believe you"

J.D. Salinger, Novelist

J.D. Salinger

"The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?"

E. O. Wilson, Scientist

E. O. Wilson

"Old beliefs die hard, even when demonstrably false"

E. O. Wilson, Scientist

E. O. Wilson

"If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth"

E. O. Wilson, Scientist

E. O. Wilson

"The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions"

Walter Benjamin, Critic

Walter Benjamin

"The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception"

Walter Benjamin, Critic

Walter Benjamin

"It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed"

Walter Benjamin, Critic

Walter Benjamin

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