Echoes

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the vague, the concrete to the abstract.

It is not truth that makes man great, but man that makes truth great.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. We have a method, and that method helps us to reach not absolute truth, only asymptotic approaches to the truth — never there, just closer and closer, always finding vast new oceans of undiscovered possibilities. Cleverly designed experiments are the key.

I would prefer inarticulate wisdom to loquacious foolishness.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

You are neither right nor wrong because people agree with you.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Good design is honest. It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.

Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood; her own straightforwardness is the severest correction.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

It is important to distinguish between the amount of information and the quality of that information.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Man knows much more than he understands.

Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower in a truth.

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.