Quotes by Errors A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe errorsgracetruth We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall. Joko Beck errorsblessingthinking We rather confess our moral errors, faults, and crimes than our ignorance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe faultserrorsignorance Oh, happy he who still hopes he can emerge from Error's boundless sea! - Faust. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fausterrorssea Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe errorscoloryears All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be effort, and the law of human judgment, mercy. John Ruskin errorsmistakelife We have hitherto considered only two possibilities: that the received opinion may be false, and some other opinion, consequently, true; or that, the received opinion being true, a conflict with the opposite error is essential to a clear apprehension and deep feeling of its truth. But there is a commoner case than either of these; when the conflicting doctrines, instead of being one true and the other false, share the truth between them. John Stuart Mill errorsoppositestwo Every opinion which embodies somewhat of the portion of truth which the common opinion omits, ought to be considered precious, with whatever amount of error and confusion that truth may be blended. John Stuart Mill errorsconfusionmay The moment when the finished book or, better yet, a tightly packed carton of finished books arrives on my doorstep is the moment of truth, of culmination; its bliss lasts as much as five minutes, until the first typographical error or production flaw is noticed. John Updike errorslastsbook Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe errorsbirthdaylong Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process. Jonas Salk errorsprocesslife-is Whenever you see want or misery or degradation in this world about you, then be sure either industry has been wanting, or industry has been in error. John Ruskin degradationerrorswant Most man only care for science so far as they get a living by it, and that they worship even error when it affords them a subsistence. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe errorscaremen While I have corrected agreed factual errors, I have not been inhibited from writing what I felt to be the truth about The Prince of Wales. Jonathan Dimbleby waleserrorswriting Life is an error-making and an error-correctin g process, and nature in marking man's papers will grade him for wisdom as measured both by survival and by the quality of life of those who survive. Jonas Salk errorssurvivalmen When things get bad enough, then something happens to correct the course. And it's for that reason that I speak about evolution as an error-making and an error-correcting process. And if we can be ever so much better - ever so much slightly better - at error correcting than at error making, then we'll make it. Jonas Salk errorsevolutionspeak I think of evolution as an error-making and error-correcting process, and we are constantly learning from experience. Jonas Salk errorsevolutionthinking I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution. Jonas Salk triumpherrorsevil A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism; it means that we must allow people to err, even where the error offends and upsets, as it often will. Jonathan Rauch errorsmeanideas In a liberal scientific society, to claim that you are above error is the height of irresponsibility. Jonathan Rauch heightatheismerrors«4344454647484950515253»
