46 quotes found
“Should we not be concerned as to whether this fear of error is not just the error itself?”
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody will see it. 1924-1926)”
“The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”
“Error, indeed is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected. But it is craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as, by its outward form, t...”
“... Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth...”
“Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth”
“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
“To recognize our bias toward error should teach us modesty and reflection, and to forgive it should help us avoid the inhumanity of thinking we ourselves are not as fallible as those who, in any in...”
“Success sits on a mountain of mistakes”
“The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasnt misled you into thinking you know something you actually dont know.”
“The possibility of making an error and coming back to try again is real when you have not fully prepared.”
“The world is outside us; our senses are within us. How, then, do the two come together so that we can know something? Obviously our senses can't go forth and drag an actual chunk if the world back ...”
“Human reason can excuse any evil.”
“The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.”
“To err is human, to persist in error is diabolical.”
“Why is it when I pursue the praises of men I find myself with everything that Ive looked for but nothing that I need? Thats because I have an extraordinary habit of looking for the wrong thing in t...”
“Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.”
“A Vulgar Mechanick can practice what he has been taught or seen done, but if he is in an error he knows not how to find it out and correct it, and if you put him out of his road he is at a stand. W...”
“I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies a truth, it is certainly the most important truth of human existence. If it is largely erro...”
“I prefer to be proved wrong than to live in error.”
