Errors Quote by Thomas Huxley Download Open image “Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.” — Thomas Huxley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Errors May Truth
One should believe only what can be chosen to be true or just. Irrational (or unjustified) beliefs should be avoided because they can have… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Any truth, no matter how valid, if emphasized to the exclusion of other truths of equal importance, is practical error. — Kathryn Kuhlman Copy Share Image
That an error made on your own is safer than ten truths accepted on faith, because the first leaves you the means to correct… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The chief danger of adopting a credible pose of irrationality is that to succeed in the pretense you have to be very good. After… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Errors are more numerous than truths, but fortunately too divided among themselves to take power. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Error held as truth has much the effect of truth. In politics and religion this fact upsets many confident predictions. — George Iles Copy Share Image
There are infinite possibilities of error, and more cranks take up fashionable untruths than unfashionable truths. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Perhaps no order of mammals presents us with so extraordinary a series of gradations as this [step by step, from humans to apes to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
There is nothing of permanent value (putting aside a few human affections) nothing that satisfies quiet reflection--except the sense of having worked according to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Oh devil! truth is better than much profit. I have searched over the grounds of my belief, and if wife and child and name… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the "golden hair"… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer… — Edouard Boubat Copy Share Image
It is an error common to many artists, who strive merely to avoid mistakes, when all our efforts should be to create positive and… — Edward Steichen Copy Share Image
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
An important finding is that by determining the genome sequences of an entire family, one can identify many DNA sequencing errors and thus greatly… — Leroy Hood Copy Share Image
It is often sadly remarked that the bad economists present their errors to the public better than the good economists present their truths. It… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Developing fewer features allows you to conserve development resources and spend more time refining those features that users really need. Fewer features mean fewer… — Jakob Nielsen Copy Share Image
Tachyon OPC+ is a natural extension of our market-winning Tachyon platform, giving customers a clear path to minimizing the OPC error budget and producing… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
It is not to everyone's taste that truth should be pronounced pleasant. But at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
