Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

It is necessary to judge accurately the things that rest on opinion

The individual point of view is the only point of view from which one is able to look at the world in its truth.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

There are always two or three or four sides to every story.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty.

Facts are not the truth. They only indicate where the truth may lie.

Different men often see the same subject in different lights

Wherever there is a conscious mind, there is a point of view.

I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.

Everything can be seen directly except the eye through which we see.

I rather despise claims to objectivity in philosophy; the point of view is the thing.

Conceptuality is subjective; realization is objective.

Your opinion is nothing but your point of view.

Fortunately, Paul is much more interesting than most of his interpreters, myself included.

A portrait isn't a fact but an opinion - an occasion rather than a truth.

Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being as fallible and as capable of being wrong. I only know what I believe.

Not that that mystical stuff's necessarily true: The only thing that's capital-T true is that you get to decide how you're going to try to see it.

Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.