“Those who take refuge behind theological barbed wire fences, quite often wish they could have more freedom of thought, but fear the change to the great ocean of truth as they would a cold bath.” TruthScienceWishChangeFreedomBehindsColdOceanRefugeFenceWireBathsFreedom Of ThoughtTheologicalBarbed Wire Author:Luther Burbank
“First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely in slogans. If we are to work for the future of the city, let us deal with the realities as they actually are, not as they might have been, and not as we wish they were.” IfsThinkingFirstsDoeHas BeensSelfFactsRealityMightTruthFacesDiesWishDealsCitiesRefuseDeceptionMight Have BeenSlogansSelf Deception Author:John F. Kennedy
“I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar. [Lat., Ego verum amo, verum volo mihi dici; mendacem odi.]” TruthHateWishEgoI HateLiarsTruth Love Author:Plautus
“To have arrived at the truth means that one no longer fears death. For death and truth are similar in that they both require a great courage if one wishes to face them.” IfsMeanTruthFacesWishFear Of Death Book:Woman at Point Zero: Second Edition Source: Woman at Point Zero: Second Edition
“We have great power to see the truth when the truth is all we wish to see; but what is easier than to credit what we desire? and can a man deceive anyone so easily as himself?” MenTruthDesireWishEasierTruth IsCreditDeceivingGreat Power Author:James Vila Blake
“With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learnt to be perfectly indifferent: but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, andto need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be as passive.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsMindTruthWishRightsPassiveIndifferent Book:Jefferson: Political Writings Source: Jefferson: Political Writings
“People accept a representation in which the elements of wish and fantasy are purposely included but which nevertheless proclaims to represent "the past" and to serve as a guide-rule for life, thereby hopelessly confusing the spheres of knowledge and will.” PeopleTruthPastWishAcceptingHistoryFantasyElementsGuidesSpheresNeverthelessRepresentationConfusing Author:Johan Huizinga