I hold that he who teaches that not reason but love should rule opens up the way for those who rule by hate.
KARL POPPERIn 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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If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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All life is problem-solving.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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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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The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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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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We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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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 not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
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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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In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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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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Great men may make great mistakes.
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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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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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History has no meaning.
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