truth acceptance Quotes

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

I will adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth …I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

People who refuse to accept unpleasant truths have no right to complain about politicians who lie to them. What other kind of candidates would such people elect?

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

There are three stages of truth. First is that it can't be true, and that's what they said. “You couldn't immunize against polio with a killed-virus vaccine.” Second phase: they say, "Well, if it's true, it's not very important. And the third stage is, 'Well, we've known it all along.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

When in doubt, tell yourself the truth.

Very bad things follow when we kid ourselves that we're naturally rational, rather than the more humbling truth: naturally emotional.

Nothing makes a man, or a body of men, as mad as the truth. If there is no truth in it, they laugh it off.

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.

How much of this truth can I bear to see and still live unblinded? How much of this pain can I use?

Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth; left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.

...nobody can stand truth if it is told to him. Truth can be tolerated only if you discover it yourself because then, the pride of discovery makes the truth palatable.

To truth only a brief celebration of victory is allowed between the two long periods during which it is condemned as paradoxical, or disparaged as trivial.

You can't handle the truth!

To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.

I'm a fan of the truth... even if it's painfully hard to accept.

There's a saying in the scientific community, that every great truth goes through three phases. First, people deny it. Second, they say that it conflicts with the Bible. Third, they say that they've known it all along.

Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living.

Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.

So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.

The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!"