#ruth

For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#including #interests #liberty #over #precedence

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#contemplation #day #days #fatal #human

A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth. ↗

— Patrick Murray

#case #even #lawyer #sometimes #tell

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly. ↗

— Antisthenes

#dearly #enemy #friend #his #lost

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. ↗

— George Orwell

#back #his #look #say #truth

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ↗

— George Orwell

#deceit #revolutionary #telling #telling the truth #time

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything. ↗

— Lee Atwater

#brotherhood #everything #good #humanity #i

There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs. ↗

— William Osler

#familiar #fully #important #know #man

It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God. ↗

— Albert Barnes

#christian #convinced #does #god #great

The great seal of truth is simplicity. ↗

— Herman Boerhaave

#seal #simplicity #truth #truth is