A Quote by Solomon Asch

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

Solomon Asch

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Solomon Asch
Polish - Psychologist
September 14, 1907 - February 20, 1996

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

Samuel P. Huntington

It is well, when the wise and the learned discover new truths; but how much better to diffuse the truths already discovered, amongst the multitude! Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power; and while a philosopher is discovering one new truth, millions may be propagated amongst the people. Diffusion, then, rather than discovery, is the duty of our government.

Horace Mann

Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods.

Wendy Lesser

Tangible language, which often tells more falsehoods than truths.

Abraham Lincoln

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

Alexander Pope

As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.

Samuel Johnson

But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.

Po Bronson

A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than to an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence.

Jean Francois Revel

The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to be believed. The four truths are prescriptions for behavior rather than descriptions of reality. The Buddha compares himself to a doctor who offers a course of therapeutic treatment to heal one’s ills. To embark on such a therapy is not designed to bring one any closer to ‘the Truth’ but to enable one’s life to flourish here and now, hopefully leaving a legacy that will continue to have beneficial repercussions after one’s death. (154)

Stephen Batchelor

Falsehoods border on truths.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

There are truths on this side of the Pyrenees which are falsehoods on the other

Michel de Montaigne

Falsehoods of convenience or vanity, falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues, except the general degradation of human testimony, are very lightly uttered, and once uttered are sullenly supported.

Samuel Johnson

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Daniel Webster

Falsehoods which we spurn today, were the truths of long ago.

John Greenleaf Whittier

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