"The future is always present, as a promise,……" — Karl Popper

"The future is always present, as a promise, a lure and a temptation."

— Karl Popper

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119 Quotes by Karl Popper

Karl Popper has 119 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a…
I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as…
It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of…
The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and…
Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and…
The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is,…
Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp.…
The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its…
Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with…
In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to…
It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only…

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More Always Present Quotes

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Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do… — Michelle Bachelet
My family was always present when I needed them and sometimes felt even stronger emotions than me. — Lionel Messi
The ultimate Consciousness is always present everywhere. It is beyond space and time, with not before or after. It is… — Abhinavagupta
When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment.… — Matthieu Ricard
I know that there is a God - the God within me that's always present and will protect me. I'm… — Halle Berry
The past is never the past. It is always present. And you better reckon with it in your life and… — Bruce Springsteen
Spirituality is the master key of the Indian mind. It is this dominant inclination of India which gives character to… — Sri Aurobindo
Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present. — Fausto Cercignani
The world is like a sheet of paper on which something is typed. The reading and the meaning will vary… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
(The Tao) is always present and always available. . . . If you are willing to be lived by it,… — Laozi
I had from childhood not only the experience of love and truth common to all family life, but the idea… — Joyce Cary
Ideally, each piece of art's its own unique object, and its evaluation's always present-tense. — David Foster Wallace

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