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		To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction -- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Thomas A. Edison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lactantius 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pablo Neruda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Truth-tellers who expect others to believe them tend to speak naturally and un-self-consciously. But if they don't expect to be believed, they may try too hard to seem honest. Unfortunately, the result makes them sound less believable. Obviously, then, not every oddly phrased statement is a lie. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pamela Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. T. Bell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Simmons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Because I spent many years during my previous life as an academic researching game theory, some commentators rushed to presume that as Greece's new finance minister, I was busily devising bluffs, stratagems and outside options, struggling to improve upon a weak hand. Nothing could be further from the truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yanis Varoufakis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cyril Ramaphosa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For many, life has become more about what they can't do rather than what they can do. The truth, however, is that you are far greater than you think and have truly amazing potential. The key is to tap into your higher self and unleash your full capacity for success and happiness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				T. Harv Eker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a big believer in debate and difference of opinion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naomi Wolf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The House has noticed the Prime Minister's remarkable transformation in the past few weeks from Stalin to Mr. Bean, creating chaos out of order, rather than order out of chaos. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vince Cable 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Seneca the Younger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction -- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Thomas A. Edison