Quotes about Truth

When there throbs in the heart of an individual Latter-day Saint a great and vital testimony of the truth of this work, he will be found doing is duty in the Church.

I have never obtained any ethical values from my scientific work.

...a genuine work of art, can never be false, nor can it be discredited through the lapse of time, for it does not present an opinion but the thing itself.

Things always work according to their nature.

If a novel reveals true and vivid relationships, it is a moral work, no matter what the relationships consist in. If the novelisthonours the relationship in itself, it will be a great novel.

Let there be cultivated an awareness in every member's heart of his own potential for bringing others to a knowledge of the truth. Let him work at it. Let him pray with great earnestness about it

Right reason is stronger than force.

Light is the greatest disinfectant in nature and also in organizations.

My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.

We live in a world where people say that you can believe anything you want about God.

Follow the evidence to where it leads, even if the conclusion is uncomfortable.

We don't need to be taught to lie, or to be selfish or cruel or vindictive—we need to be taught how not to.