Quotes About Truth

Dictionary: Opinion presented as truth in alphabetical order.

A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue

I want to tell you something before we leave. Im not at all the way you think I am. Im not like you want me to be, the way I tried to look and act for you: not unconcerned, nor easygoing—not tough: no, not at all.

Memory is too unreliable to be 'truthful'.

I think the camouflage of fiction allows more authenticity – you know, acknowledging that it is a 'fiction', a terrific lie, and that you want it to be believed.

All true? I think autobiographers are big liars.

People die when they see life at last without Illusions. For some, it takes many, many years; for others, much less. And so each of us commits suicide: when we will our own deaths: That is the only Death.

The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was.

The Light of Liberty is all-consuming because it is the natural way of the soul. It is the highest form of Love."

Truth is simple. It's just the truth. But think about when someone lies. Think about all the lies they need to tell in order to keep the original lie going. It's a tangled web, and it makes getting at the truth very difficult - which is exactly what the liar wants."

You know a whole lot more about money than you think you do. You've only been misled to believe that you don't know by people who don't want you to understand how simple money really is."

Weak faith is true faith – as precious, though not so great as strong faith: the same Holy Ghost the author, the same Gospel the instrument… For it is not the strength of our faith that saves, but the truth of our faith - not the weakness of our faith that condemns, but the want – of faith.

Weak faith is true faith – as precious, though not so great as strong faith: the same Holy Ghost the author, the same Gospel the instrument… For it is not the strength of our faith that saves, but the truth of our faith – not the weakness of our faith that condemns, but the want – of faith. Rogers, John. The Doctrine of Faith.

Falsafah tidak pernah terlepas daripada sejarah. Kadang-kadang saya terfikir ada bagusnya jika saya terus menyata kebenaran tentang sesebuah soalan kepada pelajar saya lalu mengakhiri syarahan. Tetapi pendekatan membelakangi sejarah sedemikian rupa cenderung menghasil kedangkalan falsafah.

Intentional states function only given a set of Background capacities that do not themselves consist in intentional phenomena. Thus, for example, beliefs, desires, and rules only determine conditions of satisfaction—truth conditions for beliefs, fulfillment conditions for desires, etc.—given a set of capacities that do not themselves consist in intentional phenomena. I

The simplest argument for the thesis of the Background is that the literal meaning of any sentence can only determine its truth conditions or other conditions of satisfaction against a Background of capacities, dispositions, know-how, etc., which are not themselves part of the semantic content of the sentence. You

In a normal literal utterance of each of these sentences, each verb has a constant meaning. There is no lexical ambiguity or metaphorical usage involved. But in each case the same verb will determine different truth conditions or conditions of satisfaction generally, because what counts as cutting or growing will vary with the context. If

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.