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The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”

Karl Popper

The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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Abandonment Mystery Philosophy
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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Avoid Demand Greatness Happiness Philosophy Prayer Suffering
We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Law Philosophy Theory
Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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Adventure Greatness Man Science Spiritual
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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Evidence Science Theory Way
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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Politics Right Science Weakness
Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Himself Privilege Responsibility Special Study
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
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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Existence Man Philosophy Spiritual
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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Freedom Philosophy Reason Security
We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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Fate Ourselves Philosophy Success
“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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Politics Wrong
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Philosophy
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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Deep Knowledge Necessary Philosophy
While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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Deep Difference Equality Ourselves Philosophy
Great men may make great mistakes.
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Greatness Men Mistake One Liner

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