By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell. -Harry Truman.

I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell. -Harry Truman.

...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Truth like a blanket
that always leaves
your feet cold
screenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.

Truth like a blanket
that always leaves
your feet cold
screenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is read more

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on read more

The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be read more

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. -Niels Bohr.