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.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

When our universe is in harmony with man, the eternal, we know it as truth, we feel it as beauty.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

The Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.