Quotes About Truth

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.

People who commit crimes are generally reluctant to tell on themselves.

Numbers can't speak for themselves, and data sets - no matter their scale - are still objects of human design.

If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.

There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God's counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.

I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it.

What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that 'theology' is a subject at all?

Philosophy and theology have so much to tell us about God, but people today want to experience God. There is a difference between eating dinner and merely reading the menu.

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

Regardless of theology or however you see life or relate to worshiping God, as an artist, my job is to tell the truth and then try to connect with these characters and people as honestly and deeply as possible.

Scientific research involves going beyond the well-trodden and well-tested ideas and theories that form the core of scientific knowledge. During the time scientists are working things out, some results will be right, and others will be wrong. Over time, the right results will emerge.

Theories come and go, but fundamental data always remain the same.

We have to challenge lies. We have to challenge falsehoods and conspiracy theories. If you don't, they fester - unchecked and unchallenged.

There's no such thing as 'facts of life'. Only standing theories that haven't been disproved as of yet.

No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.

You might not believe me, but I really don't like conspiracy theories.

Our great cultural error is to assume that 'truth' arrives only through reductive theories.

Look, conspiracy theories are so much more interesting than the truth. But the last time I checked, Fox still has the word 'news' in its name.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

The beauty of any conspiracy theory is that because it can't be proved, that just makes it more 'real.' It's not a question of believing or not believing, really; it's more a question of just accepting a series of probabilities that lead to an undeniable conclusion.

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.

There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.