Do not flinch from experiences that might destroy your beliefs. The thought you cannot think controls you more than thoughts you speak… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are,… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
If you're on the other side from me, you're not simply wrong or ill-informed or mistaken. We don't share the same country,… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Wait," I say. "I think you're mistaken. Saying there is no dream is the same as saying everything is a dream. Isn't… — Samantha Hunt Copy Share Image
A fundie claimed "God invented science". All of science is tentative and approximate, also sometimes mistaken. Is that the best God can… — Graham Kendall Copy Share Image
No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
After all, what is your personal identity? It is what you really are, your real self. None of us is what he… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I myself, in my heart, say that people should have all the children they want. But it's a mistaken idea, like many… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any other grounds are gravely mistaken about the… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken;… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
We are often infinitely mistaken, and take the falsest measures, when we envy the happiness of rich and great men; we know… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
No aphorism is more frequently repeated in connection with field trials, than that we must ask Nature few questions, or, ideally, one… — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image
The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for… — Jan Tschichold Copy Share Image
Don't beat yourself up," said Charlotte. "True love can be so easily mistaken for other things-friendship, humane concern, indigestion... — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
The impulses of my heart are the voice of Nature, which is never mistaken. The institutions that stand in my way are… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
They must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken Authority for Truth. — Gerald Massey Copy Share Image
To get the full value of joy You must have someone to divide it with. After all these years I see that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I lived in Japan in the 1980s, I once was mistaken for Paul Newman, and I didn't have much more hair… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
If I hammer my own thumb while doing some DIY, it's not nice, but it's not the end of the world. To… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“The fear of getting knocked down is less about the pain of the fall and more about the embarrassment in having fallen.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
