Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

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

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The
opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

There are no whole truths. All truths are half truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that read more

There are no whole truths. All truths are half truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.

Three things cannot long be hidden the sun, the moon, and the truth. -Confucious.

Three things cannot long be hidden the sun, the moon, and the truth. -Confucious.

Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now-always and indeed then most truly when it seems read more

Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now-always and indeed then most truly when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances. -Albert Schweitzer.

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know read more

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

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.

Nobody dies nowadays of fatal truths: there are too many antidotes to them.

Nobody dies nowadays of fatal truths: there are too many antidotes to them.