We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
KARL POPPERThe most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.
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Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.
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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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The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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Great men may make great mistakes.
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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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