#truth

Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it. ↗

— Mary Baker Eddy

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We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches. ↗

— Franz Boas

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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths. ↗

— R.C. Sproul

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Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. ↗

— George Eliot

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Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through. ↗

— George Eliot

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No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love. ↗

— Anna Held

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I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little. ↗

— James Ellroy

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