Henry Markram Quotes

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Let the winds of evidence blow you about as though you are a leaf, with no direction of your own. Beware lest you fight a rearguard retreat against the evidence, grudgingly conceding each foot of ground only when forced, feeling cheated. Surrender to the truth as quickly as you can.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

Not so the scientist. The very essence of his life is the service of truth.

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

The attempt to discover and promulgate the truth is nevertheless an obligation upon all scientists, one that must be persevered in no matter what the rebuffs—for otherwise what is the point in being a scientist?

Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.

An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth.

It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true.

Seek truth from facts.

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead.

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it.

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?

My emotional investment is in finding truth. If string theory is wrong, I'd like to have known that yesterday. But if we can show it today or tomorrow, fantastic.

I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.

Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my luck and instead will spend my life trying to find flaws in this understanding - such is the role of a scientist.

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

A philosopher goes where the truth leads and has no patience with mere emotion.

If people were really trying to learn a lot and determine what is true, the would listen a lot and talk a little.