Truth

"All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth." Friedrich Nietzsche

"Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth" Leo Tolstoi

"The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time he is aware that he may be wrong. Above all, he values the intellectual independence of others too highly to want to convince them in important matters. He would much rather invite contradiction, preferably in the form of rational and disciplined criticism. He seeks not to convince but to arouse - to challenge others to form free opinions." Karl Popper

"To recognize that some of the things our culture believes are not true imposes on us the duty of finding out which are true and which are not." Allan Bloom

"There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative." Allan Bloom

"In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality." Karl Popper

"It's incredibly important that if you have the dream of having your own house, you don't pretend to be something you're not. Ultimately, it's unsustainable and people will see through. You have to work; you can't expect your dreams to be handed to you on a plate." Stella McCartney

"Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality." Jean Cocteau

"One must not mistake majority for truth." Jean Cocteau

"The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it." Ayn Rand

"The Highest Thought is always that thought which contains joy. The Clearest Words are those words which contain truth. The Grandest Feeling is that feeling which you call love." Neale Donald Walsch

"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell

"The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same form of mental pathology does not make these people sane." Erich Fromm

"An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality." Erich Fromm