Thomas Malthus Quotes

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.

Experience alone can decide on truth.

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

It was different, though, knowing something in your thoughts and then hearing it confirmed, made real, planted in the world like a tree

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold.

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should you believe me? Never believe anything on the authority of a single person but seek confirmation — and reason is the best confirmation

How empty is theory in the presence of fact!

You can't no more teach what you ain't learned than you can come from where you ain't been.

Experiment is the sole source of truth.

Supposing is good, but finding out is better.

To Truth's house there is a single door, which is experience.

What men have seen they know. . . .

Science is simply a powerful way of understanding what's real and what isn't, what's true and what's not. It can help us determine what works, what doesn't, for whom, and under what circumstances.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.

It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody.