We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.

I believe there exists, & I feel within me, an instinct for the truth, or knowledge or discovery, of something of the same nature as the instinct of virtue, & that our having such an instinct is reason enough for scientific researches without any practical results ever ensuing from them.

If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a search for the truth and for understanding reality. By learning from science about aspects of reality where its understanding may be more advanced, I believe that Buddhism enriches its own worldview.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.