Miguel de Unamuno Quotes

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.

Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth.

It is in the best interests of civilization and our economy and our nation to understand what objective truths are as revealed by the methods and tools of science.

Science is the most reliable guide in life.

The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world.

The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

Hope is easy; knowledge is hard. Science is the one domain in which we human beings make a truly heroic effort to counter our innate biases and wishful thinking. Science is the one endeavor in which we have developed a refined methodology for separating what a person hopes is true from what he has good reason to believe.

We have the right to our own opinions, but not our own facts.

I believe that through its rational evaluation of truth and indifference to personal belief, science transcends religious and political divisions and so does bind us into a greater, more resilient whole.

Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, 'Yes, gravity is real! I will have faith!'

God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration!

For scientists, reality is not optional.

Seek truth from facts.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

My colleagues have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it, however it may jar against their inclinations.

Science is true, whether you believe it or not.

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.

Science is a wonderful way of getting out what's real.

Something my father dearly loved is the scientific method, and it's founded in this element of humility. The idea is that you pursue the truth wherever it goes; you need to evidence, and you can - you see if it's repeatable.

You're entitled your own opinions, but you're not entitled to your own facts.

To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle.

Science is not wisdom.

Now, what I want is, Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in life.