Quotes by Errors NO error is infused into the young mind, to lie there dormant, or to be reproduced only when the subject of thought or action recurs to which the error belongs; but the error becomes a model or archetype, after whose likeness the active powers of the mind create a thousand other errors. Horace Mann errorsmindlying He who shuts out truth, by the same act opens the door to all the error that supplies its place. Horace Mann supplieserrorsdoors Error is always more busy than truth. Hosea Ballou busy-lifeerrorsbusy It is within your power to see that all you have experienced, trials, errors, faults, deceptions, passions, your love and your hope, shall be merged wholly in your aim. Friedrich Nietzsche passionerrorssuccess There is a deeper pleasure in following truth to the scaffold or the cross, than in joining the multitudinous retinue, and mingling our shouts with theirs, when victorious error celebrates its triumphs. Horace Mann triumpherrorstruth Spurn not at seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth; And beware of seeming truths that grow on the roots of error. Horace Mann errorstruthroots In this matter of baptism - if I may be pardoned for saying it - I can only conclude that all the doctors have been in error from the time of the apostles. . . . All the doctors have ascribed to the water a power which it does not have and the holy apostles did not teach. Huldrych Zwingli doctorserrorswater The clearest window that ever was fashioned if it is barred by spiders' webs, and hung over with carcasses of insects, so that the sunlight has forgotten to find its way through, of what use can it be? Now, the Church is God's window; and if it is so obscured by errors that its light is darkness, how great is that darkness! Henry Ward Beecher errorslightdarkness Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow errorsmindneeds The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true Honore de Balzac errorsmistakespring With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman Huston Smith errorsmindthinking Geometry enlightens the intellect and sets one's mind right. All of its proofs are very clear and orderly. It is hardly possible for errors to enter into geometrical reasoning, because it is well arranged and orderly. Thus, the mind that constantly applies itself to geometry is not likely to fall into error. In this convenient way, the person who knows geometry acquires intelligence. Ibn Khaldun errorsmathfall There is no reason to believe that the Holy Spirit ever leaves awakened sinners, only as they leave the truth of God for some error or sin. Ichabod Spencer errorsspiritbelieve One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me. Ian Mcewan errorsregretreligious I'm not the kind of person who could join AA or have rules for myself or on Thursday take this vitamin pill. So, basically, I learned the hard way. I learned by trial and error, and tried to get drugs out of my work. That took about a year. If I was going to work, it was best that I be straight. And I was surprised at what came out. Iggy Pop errorsdrugyears One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors. To dwell long upon them is to add to the offense. Henry David Thoreau errorsmistakelong One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow can only be displaced by somewhat better, and which is as free and original as if they had not been. Henry David Thoreau errorssorrowlong 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, to make it appear to the inexperienced more true than truth itself. Irenaeus of Lyons nakederrorsdresses One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. Horace different-directionserrorsdifferent The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it. Henry David Thoreau virtueerrorsmistake«3233343536373839404142»
