Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It canno

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. – Blaise Pascal

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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered the point is to discover them. – Galileo Galilei

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A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. – Max Planck

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Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good. – Alan Cohen

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