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The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.

Karl Popper

The most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.
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Ability Democracy Freedom
“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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Politics Wrong
Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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Faith One Liner Thinking
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.
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Fine Perfection Theory World
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
What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Deep Moral Need Politics
History has no meaning.
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History One Liner
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
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Greatness Home Man Philosophy Soul Spiritual Wisdom World
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
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Beginning Science
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Nature Promise
Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
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Impossible Philosophy Remember Speak Yourself
The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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Easy Hard Lost Philosophy Simplicity Truth
I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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Law Myself

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