But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

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.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to read more

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease read more

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many. -Spinoza.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or read more

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of read more

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world

... 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.

The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.

The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.