Michael

“What we should do, I suggest, is to give up the idea of ultimate sources of knowledge, and admit that all knowledge is human; that it is mixed with our errors, our prejudices, our dreams, and our hopes; that all we can do is to grope for truth even though it be beyond our reach. We may admit that our groping is often inspired, but we must be on our guard against the belief, however deeply felt, that our inspiration carries any authority, divine or otherwise. If we thus admit that there is no authority beyond the reach of criticism to be found within the whole province of our knowledge, however far it may have penetrated into the unknown, then we can retain, without danger, the idea that truth is beyond human authority. And we must retain it. For without this idea there can be no objective standards of inquiry; no criticism of our conjectures; no groping for the unknown; no quest for knowledge.”
― Karl R. Popper, Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

“L'esprit est toujours la dupe du coeur.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.”
― Karl Popper

“There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing.”
― Francois La Rochefoucauld