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“The truth is that works of art test the spectator much more than the spectator tests them.”

Art Truth Is Tests Works Of Art Spectators

Author:Lawren Harris

“[Pragmatism's] only test of probable truth is what works best in the way of leading us, what fits every part of life best and combines with the collectivity of experience's demands, nothing being omitted.”

Way Truth Fit Truth Is Demand Tests Parts Of Life Pragmatism Collectivity

Book:Pragmatism

Source: Pragmatism

“But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market... That at any rate is the theory of our constitution.”

Men Believe May Truth Fighting Justice Power Theory Truth Is Tests Constitution Competition Rate Accepted Upset Freedom Of Speech

Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.”

Views Truth Is Tests Majority Favour

Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“The sad truth is that it is precisely those who disagree most with the hypothesis of efficient market pricing of stocks, those who pooh-pooh beta analysis and all that, who are least able to understand the analysis needed to test that hypothesis.”

Able Needed Truth Is Tests Investing Analysis Disagree Efficient Hypothesis Sad Truth Pricing Beta Efficient Markets

Author:Paul Samuelson

“It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests it”

Said Important Sometimes Helping Truth Is Worship Tests

Author:William Temple

“The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas [and] the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.”

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Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“The acid test of any truth is found in whether it aids victims in their struggle to overcome victimisation.”

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Book:For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church

Source: For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church

“We shall not cease from exploring, And the end of our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.”

Source: The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems

“Truth is what stands the test of experience.”

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Book:The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

“Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.”

Truth Found Understanding Honesty Truth Is Tests Ethical Tested Axioms

Book:A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein

Source: A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein

“When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas-- that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out. That at any rate is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment. As all life is an experiment. Every year if not every day we wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.”

“Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is the primary, the unborn, the ancient source of all that is. You are eligible because you are. You need not merit truth. It is your own....Stand still, be quiet.”

Needs Stills Meditation Source Truth Is Quiet Tests Rewards Ancient Passing Passings Primaries Merit Prize Behaviour Unborn

Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“"Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable".”

Inspiration Inspiring Practice Meditation Comfort Truth Is Comfortable Tests Vedanta

Author:Swami Vivekananda