Quotes About Truth

It was in Jobs's nature to mislead or be secretive when he felt it was warranted. But he also indulged in being brutally honest at times, telling the truths that most of us sugarcoat or suppress. Both the dissembling and the truth-telling were simply different aspects of his Nietzschean attitude that ordinary rules didn't apply to him.

Nothing kills humor like a general and boring truth.

Reality is unforgiving.

the simplicity that comes from conquering complexities, not ignoring them.

somewhat like the ancient Greek "liar's paradox," in which the truth of the statement "This statement is false" cannot be determined. (If the statement is true, then it's also false, and vice versa.) By coming up with statements

He who can go to the fountain does not go to the water-jar.

Both assessments contain a lot of truth, but there is more to it than that. There falls a shadow, as T. S. Eliot noted, between the conception and the creation. In the annals of innovation, new ideas are only part of the equation. Execution is just as important.

At stake was the virtue of free expression, and Franklin summed up the Enlightenment position in a sentence that is now framed on newsroom walls: "Printers are educated in the belief that when men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; and that when Truth and Error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.

Las matemáticas tienen algo en común con la poesía —dijo tiempo después—. Están formadas por relaciones verdaderas, pasos verdaderos, deducciones verdaderas, y eso hace que sean hermosas.

Einstein creía que existía una realidad armónica tras las leyes del universo y que el objetivo de la ciencia era descubrirla.

Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native luster about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted." While

Mi principio inquebrantable es esforzarme en amar la verdad y a Dios por encima de la fama y la gloria —afirmaba—. El suyo es amar la verdad y a Dios, pero amar aún más la fama, la gloria y los honores.

And the Scripture assures me that at the last day we shall not be examined by what we thought, but what we did . . 

when truth has fair play, it will always prevail over falsehood.

It is very important to note, however, that the theory of relativity does not mean that "everything is relative." It does not mean that everything is subjective. Instead

Orwell conjures up an Orwellian world

Una fe insensata en la autoridad es el peor enemigo de la verdad.

El respeto ciego por la autoridad es el mayor enemigo de la verdad.

Todo conocimiento de la realidad parte de la experiencia y acaba en ella.

By early 1778, Voltaire was 84 and ailing, and there had even been stories that he had died. (His retort, even better than Mark Twain's similar one, was that the reports were true, only premature.)

Initiates were required to stand, lay their hand on their breast, and answer properly four questions: Do you have disrespect for any current member? Do you love mankind in general regardless of religion or profession? Do you feel people should ever be punished because of their opinions or mode of worship? Do you love and pursue truth for its own sake? Franklin

Nature hides her secret because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse.

En su madurez, Einstein creía más firmemente que había una realidad «objetiva» que existía con independencia de que nosotros pudiésemos observarla o no. La creencia en un mundo externo independiente de la persona que lo observaba —diría repetidamente— era la base de toda ciencia.

we others who thirst for reason want to look our experiences as straight in the eye as if they represented a scientific experiment