Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
KARL POPPERWe must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it
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We all have an unscientific weakness for being always in the right, and this weakness seems to be particularly common among professional and amateur politicians.
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We can all participate in the heritage of man. We all can help to preserve it. And we can all make our own modest contribution to it.
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Great men may make great mistakes.
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It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.
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All life is problem-solving.
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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.
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In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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It is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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