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Human Error Quotes (page 3)

One age cannot bind itself, and thus conspire, to place a succeeding one in a condition whereby it would be impossible for the later age to expand its knowledge (particularly where it is so very important), to rid itself of errors, and generally to increase its enlightenment. That would be a crime against human nature, whose essential destiny lies precisely in such progress; subsequent generations are thus completely justified in dismissing such agreements as unauthorized and criminal. The... Immanuel Kant
As soon as the groupie finds out that you make errors in everyday life like everybody else does and that you are human, they turn on you and hate you. John Fahey
We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention. Francis Wright
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. Voltaire
To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. James Madison
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. Eliot Spitzer
William Ellery Channing quote: "God is another name for human intelligence raised above all..."
God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth. William Ellery Channing
There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part. Matthew Simpson
Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven. Giraldus Cambrensis
So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident. Michael Ledeen
This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity. William Jennings Bryan
The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error. Friedrich Schiller
Georg Brandes quote: "The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth..."
The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity. Georg Brandes
Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind. Jean Rostand
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors..."
The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings. Tahar Ben Jelloun

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