Quotes by Errors Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions. Frank Herbert obsolete assumption errors Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion. Francis Bacon errors confusion truth Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. Frank Herbert atheism errors adventure There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error; first, the volume of the Scriptures, which reveal the will of God; then the volume of the Creatures, which express His power. Francis Bacon errors book fall The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Francis Bacon errors mistake men The most persistent principles in the universe are accident and error. Frank Herbert persistent errors principles All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue. Franz Kafka issues errors patience The registering of doubts hath two excellent uses: the one, that it saveth philosophy from errors and falsehoods; when that which is not fully appearing is not collected into assertion, whereby error might draw error, but reserved in doubt: the other, that the entry of doubts are as so many Francis Bacon errors men philosophy If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept. Franz Grillparzer often-is errors believe Another error is an impatience of doubt and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action commonly spoken of by the ancients; the one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the end impassable; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Francis Bacon errors men two Although a friend may remain faithful in misfortune, yet none but the very best and loftiest will remain faithful to us after our errors and our sins. Frederic Farrar faithful errors friendship Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error. Frank Herbert errors principles father One by one I have seen obstacles removed, errors corrected, prejudices softened, proscriptions relinquished, and my people advancing in all the elements that go to make up the sum of the general welfare. And I remember that God reigns in eternity, and that whatever delays, whatever disappointments and discouragements may come, truth, justice, liberty and humanity will ultimately prevail. Frederick Douglass errors disappointment people Man is made for error; it enters his mind naturally, and he discovers a few truths only with the greatest effort. Frederick The Great effort errors men Where there is much freedom there is much error. Friedrich Schiller errors freedom Habit is the cement of society, the comfort of life, and, alas! The root of error. Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke errors roots comfort America, it is said, is suffering from intolerance - it is not. It is suffering from tolerance. Tolerance of right and wrong, truth and error, virtue and evil, Christ and chaos. Our country is not nearly so overrun with the bigoted as it is overrun with the broadminded. Fulton J. Sheen errors country america The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error. Friedrich Schiller errors struggle mistake Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment. Francois de La Rochefoucauld deceit errors taken Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late. G. Edward Griffin apathy errors too-late «2324252627282930313233»
