The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
KARL POPPERThe future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
KARL POPPEROur knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
KARL POPPERA theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
KARL POPPERThe quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
KARL POPPERThose who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
KARL POPPER“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
KARL POPPER“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
KARL POPPERIf you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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.
KARL POPPERScience must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
KARL POPPERI would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
KARL POPPERAlways 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 POPPERWhat we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
KARL POPPERWe 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 POPPERTrue ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
KARL POPPERGreat men may make great mistakes.
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