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 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 POPPER“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
KARL POPPERTheology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
KARL POPPERTheories 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.
KARL POPPERWe may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
KARL POPPERWhat we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
KARL POPPERHistory has no meaning.
KARL POPPERIt is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
KARL POPPERThe wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
KARL POPPERWe must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.
KARL POPPERScience must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
KARL POPPERA theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
KARL POPPERThose who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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 POPPERThe simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
KARL POPPERI would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
KARL POPPER