"The freedom of opinion and the reasonable maintenance of it is not a crime and ought not to occasion injury." --Thomas Jefferson to Gideon Granger, 1801.



Thomas Jefferson:

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.



All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche 1899.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
Friedrich Nietzsche 1887.



Albert Einstein:
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.



Alfred North Whitehead:
There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.



Daniel Patrick Moynihan:

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



U.S. Supreme Court:

"Even an expert may be guilty of negligence in doing what at the time his judgement approves...





Mary Pettibone Poole:

To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it,
requires brains.







George Eliot:

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.



Andre Gide:

Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.


humble3d:

Every story has at least three sides: Yours, Mine and the truth.



Buddha:

Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true. [paraphrased]



Chinese proverb:

One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.



Clarence Darrow:

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails.


humble3d:

Second Opinions and even third and fourth opinions only serve to preserve that which is

sacred:
...palliative human existance...