A Quote by James Joyce

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

James Joyce

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James Joyce
Irish - Novelist
February 2, 1882 - January 13, 1941

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

James Joyce

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

James Joyce

Mistakes aren't fatal; they are merely the portals of discovery.

Josh Linkner

Progress is the exploration of our own error. Evolution is a consolidation of what have always begun as errors. And errors are of two kinds: errors that turn out to be true and errors that turn out to be false (which are most of them). But they both have the same character of being an imaginative speculation. I say all this because I want very much to talk about the human side of discovery and progress, and it seems to me terribly important to say this in an age in which most non-scientists are feeling a kind of loss of nerve.

Jacob Bronowski

When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.

Gautama Buddha

Portals of divinity are everywhere. I believe that children may enter these divine portals easier, because they are seeking for answers in the purest way.

Akiane Kramarik

The study of the errors into which great minds have fallen in the pursuit of truth can never be uninstructive. . . No man is so wise but that he may learn some wisdom from his past errors, either of thought or action, and no society has made such advances as to be capable of no improvement from the retrospect of its past folly and credulity.

Charles Mackay

A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.

Benjamin Disraeli

It is almost as difficult to make a man unlearn his errors as his knowledge.

Charles Caleb Colton

I never pay attention to errors in the Minor Leagues. Derek Jeter made 43 errors in the South Atlantic League, and I didn't care. With his hands and his range, I don't worry about that with Zimmerman. He is a good defensive player.

Jim Bowden

Discovery is adventure. There is an eagerness, touched at times with tenseness, as man moves ahead into the unknown. Walking the wilderness is indeed like living. The horizon drops away, bringing new sights, sounds, and smells from the earth. When one moves through the forests, his sense of discovery is quickened. Man is back in the environment from which he emerged to build factories, churches, and schools. He is primitive again, matching his wits against the earth and sky. He is free of the restraints of society and free of its safeguards too.

William O. Douglas

I realise that man, in his imperfection, can commit innumerable errors - but to devote myself deliberately to errors, that is something I cannot do. I shall never come personally to terms with the Christian lie. Our epoch, in the next 200 years, will certainly see the end of the disease of Christianity. My regret will have been that I could not behold its demise.

Adolf Hitler

If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his own relations.

William Makepeace Thackeray

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Publilius Syrus

What are man's truths ultimately? Merely his irrefutable errors.

Friedrich Nietzsche

So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today.

Mika Waltari

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