Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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More Karl Popper Quotes
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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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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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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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
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We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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The method of learning by trial and error – of learning from our mistakes – seems to be fundamentally the same whether it is practiced by lower or by higher animals, by chimpanzees, or by men of science.
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The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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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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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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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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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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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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