WIST QuotationsFeb 5

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

We usually see only the things we are looking for — so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 238 (1955)

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Hoffer, Eric - Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 238 (1955) | WIST Quotations

We usually see only the things we are looking for -- so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.

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WIST QuotationsDec 30

A quotation from Claude Bernard

Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very poor observations. Of necessity, they observe with a preconceived idea, and when they devise an experiment, they can see, in its results, only a confirmation of their theory. In this way they distort observation and often neglect very important facts because they do not further their aim.
 
[Les hommes qui ont une foi excessive dans leurs théories ou dans leurs idées sont non-seulement mal disposés pour faire des découvertes, mais ils font aussi de très-mauvaises observations. Ils observent nécessairement avec une idée préconçue, et quand ils ont institué une expérience, ils ne veulent voir dans ses résultats qu’une confirmation de leur théorie. Ils défigurent ainsi l’observation et négligent souvent des faits très-importants, parce qu’ils ne concourent pas à leur but.]

Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French physiologist, scientist
An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine [Introduction à l’Étude de la Médecine Expérimentale] (1865) [tr. Greene (1957)]

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Bernard, Claude - An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine [Introduction à l’Étude de la Médecine Expérimentale] (1865) [tr. Greene (1957)] | WIST Quotations

Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very poor observations. Of necessity, they observe with a preconceived idea, and when they devise an experiment, they can see, in its results, only a confirmation of their theory.…

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Tiong-seah Yap (Bear)Oct 29, 2024

Eyes roll, eyes blink, in search for light where it gleams, eyes void, eyes turn, in a sudden where truth shrines, blind and blind is the heart, wet are the eyes, eyes of beholders, all radiates its glory with deaf ears and closed mind, beauty unveils in a bit hereafter heart enlighted, hideous is always what buried, under a layer of skin and flesh.

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jun 15, 2024

A quotation from Dante Alighieri:

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You dull your own perceptions
with false imaginings and do not grasp
what would be clear but for your preconceptions.
 
[Tu stesso ti fai grosso
col falso imaginar, sì che non vedi
ciò che vedresti se l’avessi scosso.]
»

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https://wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet/69979/

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The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 3 "Paradiso," Canto 1, l. 88ff (1.88-90) [Beatrice] (1320) [tr. Ciardi (1970)] - Dante Alighieri | WIST Quotations

You dull your own perceptions with false imaginings and do not grasp what would be clear but for your preconceptions.   [Tu stesso ti fai grosso col falso imaginar, sì che non vedi ciò che vedresti se l'avessi scosso.] Dante's beloved Beatrice greets him for the first time since his…

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WIST Quotations moves again!Feb 22, 2024

A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:

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In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in it what the eye brings means of seeing.
»

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https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/720/

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(Misattributed) - Carlyle, Thomas | WIST Quotations

In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in it what the eye brings means of seeing. Carlyle uses this phrase in his The French Revolution: A History, Part 1, Book 1, ch. 2 (1.1.2) (1837), but brackets it in quotations, and prefaces it with "For indeed it…

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Tiong-seah Yap (Bear)Jul 13, 2023

If Mathematics is the only truth, the false must be the preconception. May a peaceful mind be with you.

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JBRossMay 9, 2023
"By giving in to our preconceptions, we miss what might be right in front of us. And sometimes what we miss is breathtaking." — Ed Yong — — — #EdYong #quote #quotes #preconception #miss #breathtaking
WIST Quotations moves again!Feb 2, 2023

A quotation from Bierce, Ambrose:

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ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/26171/

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