Errol Barrow famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Be independent of the good opinion of other people.
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?
In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes - a virtuous cycle of change.
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.
As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.

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