If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not read more

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

For truth is precious and divine;
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine;
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you read more

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her read more

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.