Quote of Carl Gustav Jung - Mistakes are, after all, the foundations...
Biography - Carl Gustav Jung:
Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Born: 1875 - Died: 1961
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Born: 1875 - Died: 1961
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Translation
(French, German)
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Quotes about mistake:
What is tolerance? It is the endowment of humanity. We are all steeped in weakness and error; let us forgive each other our stupidities, that is the first law of nature.
All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
Quotes for: to know
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Quotes for: truth
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
Quotes for: knowledge
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.
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