black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.

Karl Popper

Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
KARL POPPER

Himself Privilege Responsibility Special Study
It is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
KARL POPPER

Existence Man Philosophy Spiritual
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.
KARL POPPER

Politics Right Science Weakness
If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
KARL POPPER

Break Greatness Men Ourselves Survive
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
KARL POPPER

Deep Knowledge Necessary Philosophy
Theories are nets cast to catch what we call ‘the world’: to rationalize, to explain, and to master it. We endeavor to make the mesh ever finer and finer.
KARL POPPER

Fine Perfection Theory World
The essential feature of dualist-interactionism is that the mind and brain are independent entities and that they interact by quantum physics.
KARL POPPER

Independent Mindset Science
He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test and that they can be regarded as finally verified retires from the game.
KARL POPPER

Call Decision Game Himself Science
The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
KARL POPPER

Abandonment Mystery Philosophy
History has no meaning.
KARL POPPER

History One Liner
Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all.
KARL POPPER

Avoid Demand Greatness Happiness Philosophy Prayer Suffering
The method of learning by trial and error – of learning from our mistakes – seems to be fundamentally the same whether it is practiced by lower or by higher animals, by chimpanzees, or by men of science.
KARL POPPER

Animal Learning Man Mistakes Ourselves Science
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.
KARL POPPER

Philosophy Reality Science Speak
If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
KARL POPPER

Quiet Science Simplicity Yourself
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
KARL POPPER

Book Deep Learning Moment
The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
KARL POPPER

Abandonment God Himself Place Spiritual Theory

The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Karl Popper Quotes