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| A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. |
| Isaac Asimov |
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| All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error |
| Mahatma Gandhi |
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| An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. |
| Mahatma Gandhi |
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| As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it |
| Samuel Johnson |
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| Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below |
| John Dryden |
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| From error to error, one discovers the entire truth. |
| Sigmund Freud |
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| Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. |
| Robert Burton |
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| I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. |
| Mahatma Gandhi |
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| I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views |
| Abraham Lincoln |
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| It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it. |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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| It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered |
| Christian Nevell Bovee |
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| No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it. |
| Thomas Hobbes |
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| Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. |
| William James |
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| The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true |
| Honore de Balzac |
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| The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair |
| Douglas Adams |
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