“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Truth
Edgar Watson Howe on Lies
“Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.” Continue reading
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Science
“I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” Continue reading
Bertrand Russell on Scepticism
“It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.” Continue reading
Mark Twain on Truth
“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.” Continue reading
Thomas Sowell on Truth
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth–anonymously and posthumously.” Continue reading
Thomas H. Huxley on Wisdom
“It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.” Continue reading
Carl Sagan on Science
“I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.” Continue reading
Laurens Van Der Post on Humanity
“Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.” Continue reading
W. Somerset Maugham on Criticism
“People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.” Continue reading
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