We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
KARL POPPERIt 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.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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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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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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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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All life is problem-solving.
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The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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I hold that he who teaches that not reason but love should rule opens up the way for those who rule by hate.
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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.
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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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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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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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And it implies that if we respect truth, we must search for it by persistently searching for our errors: by indefatigable rational criticism, and self-criticism.
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If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
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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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