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Science and spirituality are two different paths leading to the same truth.
From The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
It’s time to be honest about what we really want.
From Wolfpack by Abby Wambach
Religion is not a matter of being right or wrong, but of being true to oneself.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
The complexities of the universe can often be distilled into simple truths.
From Longitude by Dava Sobel
Your feelings are valid, but they are not always true.
From The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly—they'll go through anything.
From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The truth is like a sword; it can cut both ways.
From The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The clash of theories is often where the truth emerges.
Dogmatism can stifle the search for truth.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Myth is the revelation of a sacred reality.
The world is full of things that are not true.
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
From Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Our brains evolved for social success, not for truth.
The great thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
From The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
The scout mindset is a way of thinking that involves seeking the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable.
From The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
Myth is much more important and true than history.
The pursuit of truth is a noble endeavor.
From The Cave and the Light by Arthur Herman
The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
From When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
Rationality is not a matter of believing in the truth, but of pursuing it.
In science, there are no shortcuts to truth.
Each mathematical equation is a doorway to deeper truths about the universe.
From The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose
A scout doesn’t just look for evidence that supports their beliefs; they seek the whole truth.
From The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
Every religion has its own truth, and the truth of Islam is no exception.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
I wanted to be in the midst of the chaos, and I wanted to know the truth.
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
From 1984 by George Orwell
The pursuit of truth is an essential part of the human experience.
Through trials and persecutions, the church strengthens its resolve and commitment to truth.
From The History of the Church by Eusebius
Axioms are not mere assumptions; they are necessary truths.
The search for truth is more important than the certainty of belief.
A formal system is a machine for generating truths.
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.
From The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
In a world where expertise is devalued, we are left with opinions, not facts.
From The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols
It's not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.
One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world.
Myth is much more than a story; it is a truth that we live by.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
From The Symposium by Plato
You can be right for the wrong reasons and wrong for the right reasons.
The nature of mathematical truth is deeply intertwined with the nature of the mind.
From The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
In every myth lies a kernel of truth.
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
The truth is not a possession; it is a process.
The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.
From The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
The truth, though it may be concealed, will always find a way to reveal itself.
Fear is a liar, and it will tell you that you’re not good enough.
In the end, it is the evidence that will speak.
Every brushstroke tells a story, but some stories are lies.
From The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick
In chemistry, there are no shortcuts.
From The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
We are more concerned about our reputation with others than with the truth.
Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.
From The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
People are often not who they seem.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
From The Republic of Plato by Allan Bloom
We have art in order not to die of the truth.
The real is the rational and the rational is the real.
If you can’t take a joke, you can’t take the truth.
Myth is much more important and true than history.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
The truth is, we were all in on it.
In the end, the best thing we can do is to be true to ourselves.
From The Odyssey by Homer
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
From Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The quest for truth often leads us to question our beliefs.
From Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels
I couldn’t ignore the truth any longer.
Reason is the foundation of science, and science is the path to understanding the universe.
The fox's view is that there are many truths, and they are all interconnected.
A good society is one that allows its members to strive for the truth.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The hardest thing to explain is the obvious.
From The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Truth is often obscured by the veils of opinion.
From The Dream of Reason by Anthony Gottlieb
God's revelations are not just divine truths but reflections of human struggles.
From God: A Biography by Jack Miles
In the midst of chaos, there is often a deeper truth.
In the depths of your heart, seek the truth.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The truth is the whole.
The differences among religions are not trivial; they are profound.
From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
From Cosmos by Carl Sagan
The history of science is not the history of a steady progression toward the truth.
Science is not about how the world is, but how it should be.
The past is a canvas upon which we paint our truths.
From The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick
Philosophers often speak in riddles to reveal deeper truths.
In every age, the true church is recognized by the truth it holds.
From The History of the Church by Eusebius
We often focus on the surface while ignoring deeper truths.
When we take a step back and look into the chaos, we can begin to see the truth of our lives.
From When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
People always think something's all true.
From The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The sun always has a way of illuminating the truth.
From Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Myth is not a lie, but a way of expressing truths that transcend historical fact.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
Awakening is about seeing the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.
From Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.
From 1984 by George Orwell
The elephant in the brain is our hidden motives.
The truth is, we were all part of a system that enabled and encouraged doping.
Seeing the world as it is, not as we wish it to be, is crucial.
From The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
Where there is light, there is life.
We write to expose the unexposed.
From Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
It is better to be unhappy than to be happy in a false way.
A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.
Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.
From When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have.
From What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero