Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

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.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

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.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid read more

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition to stand up for it.

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

Truth is often attended with danger.
[Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]

Truth is often attended with danger.
[Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]