truth
“A man who makes assertions, or draws conclusions, regarding any given case, ought to be competent to investigate it.”
“Nothing is so good as an experiment which, whilst it sets an error right, will give the true experiment which ought to be believed.”
“If there is an exception to any rule, and if it can be proved by observation, that rule is wrong.”
“The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific 'truth'.”
“Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty — some most unsure, some nearly sure, but none absolutely certain.”
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
“A critique is not a matter of saying that things are not right as they are. It is a matter of pointing out on what kinds of assumptions the practices that we accept rest.”
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.”
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
“The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.”
“Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.”
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.”
“Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.”
“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.”
“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved.”
“For man has closed himself up, til he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
“Perhaps I did not succumb to ideology because I have never seen myself as a spokesman. I am a witness.”
“I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.”
“The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being acutely aware of the confusion.”
“Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.”