black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.

Karl Popper

Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
KARL POPPER

Hell Nature Promise
We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
KARL POPPER

Law Philosophy Theory
If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
KARL POPPER

Break Greatness Men Ourselves Survive
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
KARL POPPER

Argument Progress Victory Win
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.
KARL POPPER

Deep Destroy Oppression Philosophy Prepare Tolerance
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
KARL POPPER

Knowledge Philosophy True
The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
KARL POPPER

Easy Hard Lost Philosophy Simplicity Truth
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
KARL POPPER

Evidence Science Theory Way
We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
KARL POPPER

Fate Ourselves Philosophy Success
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 most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.
KARL POPPER

Ability Democracy Freedom
In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
KARL POPPER

Important Philosophy Result
It is complete nihilism to propose laying down arms in a world where atom bombs are around. It is very simple: there is no way of achieving peace other than with weapons.
KARL POPPER

Achieve Peace Simplicity Weapon World
What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
KARL POPPER

Deep Moral Need Politics
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
KARL POPPER

Future History Necessary Ourselves
In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime.
KARL POPPER

Crime Duty Moral Myself Philosophy Simplicity Sin

While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Karl Popper Quotes