“Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Truth
Lillian Hellman on Cynicism
“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.” Continue reading
Mark Twain on Truth
“Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.” Continue reading
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Truth
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Continue reading
Edgar Watson Howe on Lies
“Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.” Continue reading
Rene Descartes on Truth
“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” Continue reading
George Orwell on Truth
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” 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
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
H. L. Mencken Cynical Quote
“The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” Continue reading
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