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title: "11 Truth Search Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-berenson/between-truth-and-the-search-for-it-i-choose-the-second/)

[Bernard Berenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-berenson/)

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> [If I had the choice of knowing the truth or searching for the truth, I'd take the search.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-percy/if-i-had-the-choice-of-knowing-the-truth-or-searching-for-the-truth-i/)

[Walker Percy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-percy/)

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> [No one can alter truth. What we can do and should do is to search for truth and then serve it when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-one-can-alter-truth-what-we-can-do-and-should-do-is-to-search-for/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“There is some relationship between the hunger for truth and the search for the right words. This struggle may be ultimately indefinable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/there-is-some-relationship-between-the-hunger-for-truth-and-the/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [“And it implies that if we respect truth, we must search for it by persistently searching for our errors: by indefatigable rational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-r-popper/and-it-implies-that-if-we-respect-truth-we-must-search-for-it-by/)

[Karl R. Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-r-popper/)

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> [“Friedell caught the essential truth about people prone to catch-all theories: they aren’t in search of the truth, they’re in search of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/friedell-caught-the-essential-truth-about-people-prone-to-catch-all/)

[Clive James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-james/)

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> [History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/history-was-a-series-of-decisions-about-what-to-tell-and-a-series-of/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

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> [A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/a-lot-of-people-in-the-media-and-some-everyday-people-really-aren-t/)

[Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/)

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> [Remember that an artist's life is an intense search for truth. This search takes many forms. Everyone of these forms demands its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brice-marden/remember-that-an-artist-s-life-is-an-intense-search-for-truth-this/)

[Brice Marden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brice-marden/)

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> [Profound questions regarding the purpose of life have led many individuals and families throughout the world to search for truth. Often that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-f-uchtdorf/profound-questions-regarding-the-purpose-of-life-have-led-many/)

[Dieter F. Uchtdorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-f-uchtdorf/)

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> [“I'd like to suggest that when we search for truth, we search among those books and in those places where truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-s-monson/i-d-like-to-suggest-that-when-we-search-for-truth-we-search-among/)

[Thomas S. Monson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-s-monson/)

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