“Utopias are often only premature truths.”

“The plain working truth is that it is not only good for people to be shocked occasionally, but absolutely necessary to the progress of society that they should be shocked pretty often.”

“We too often forget that not only is there "a soul of goodness in things evil," but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.”

“We make our own truths and lies…. Truths are often lies and lies truths…”

“Truth is so often disconcerting.”

“Theorems often tell us complex truths about the simple things, but only rarely tell us simple truths about the complex ones. To believe otherwise is wishful thinking or "mathematics envy."”

“We value things like stability, control and feeling good. We often see truth as an oppositional force to these things, when in reality, truth is our only way of actually achieving these things.”

“Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.”

“The truth is often one's best shield.”

“Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “comfortable.”