Quotes About Truth

Death cancels everything but truth

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring, to divulge the hidden cause of things

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before lastly, they say they always believed it.

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to tell a friend the truth, but it is always the best thing to do for their sake.

The best support you could ever offer is to just simply keep it real.

If you cant find evidence to support something you believe in, keep searching. If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

When there is truth in your being, God is always with you. When God is with you, there is no question of failure. Live your truth and not a life that others want you to live.

Fake friends believe the rumors told about you, and judge you for them. Real friends hear the rumors told about you and defend you, knowing they're not true.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.