Quoty search results for tag: error http://www.quoty.org/tag/error Satan's masterpiece of counterfeiting is the doctrine that there are only two choices, and he will show us what they are.  It is true that there are only two ways, but by pointing us the way he wants us to take and then showing us a fork in that road, he convinces us that we are making the vital choice, when actually we are choosing between branches in his road.  Which one we take makes little difference to him, for both lead to destruction. This is the polarization we find in our world today. Thus we have the choice between Shiz and Coriantumr -- which all Jaredites were obliged to make. We have the choice between the wicked Lamanites (and they were that) and the equally wicked (Mormon says "more wicked") Nephites. Or between the fleshpots of Egypt and the stews of Babylon, or between the land pirates and the sea pirates of World War I, of between white supremacy and black supremacy, or between Vietnam and Cambodia, or between Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers, or between China and Russia, or between Catholic and Protestant, or between fundamentalist and atheist, or between right and left -- all of which are true rivals, who hate each other.  A very clever move by Satan! -- a subtlety that escapes most us most of the time.

Author: Hugh Nibley, Source: Approaching Zion, p. 112-3
Saved by cboyack in politics devil satan choice error confusion dialectic opposite polarity ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3850I feel a strong desire to tell you–and I expect you feel a strong desire to tell me–which of these two errors is the worse. That is the devil getting at us. He always sends errors into the world in pairs–pairs of opposites. And he always encourages us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse. You see why, of course? He relies on your extra dislike of the one error to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight between both errors. We have no other concern than that with either of them.

Author: C.S. Lewis, Source: Mere Christianity, Book 4, Chapter 6
Saved by cboyack in politics devil satan choice error confusion dialectic opposite polarity ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3849Now error and sin both have this property, that the deeper they are the less their victim suspects their existence; they are masked evil. Pain is unmasked, unmistakable evil; every man knows that something is wrong when he is being hurt.

Author: C. S. Lewis, Source: The Problem of Pain, p. 92
Saved by ldsphilosopher in evil sin error pain ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3634Author: Saul Kripke, Source: Naming and Necessity
Saved by ldsphilosopher in truth theory error philosophy ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3606Author: Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010Vg...
Saved by cboyack in freedom satan truth agency war christ evil error good force compulsion warinheaven ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3571
A work that undertakes the refutation of vulgar prejudices cannot have so high an aim. It aspires only to clear the way for the steps of Truth; to prepare the minds of men to receive her; to rectify public opinion, and to snatch from unworthy hands dangerous weapons they misuse.

It is above all in social economy that this hand-to-hand struggle, this ever-reviving combat with popular errors, has as true practical utility.
Author: Frederic Bastiat, Source: Economic Sophisms, Conclusion, p. 300
Saved by cboyack in truth ignorance knowledge learning error writing scholar politicaleconomy essay essay article ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3482Author: Ezra Taft Benson, Source: Conference Report, Oct. 1961
Saved by cboyack in politics truth information knowledge activism error deceit confusion ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3393
Prophets have a way of jarring the carnal mind. Too often the holy prophets are wrongly perceived as harsh and as anxious to make a record in order to say, “I told you so.” Those prophets I have known are the most loving of men. It is because of their love and integrity that they cannot modify the Lord’s message merely to make people feel comfortable. They are too kind to be so cruel. I am so grateful that prophets do not crave popularity.
Author: Spencer W. Kimball, Source: Conference Report, Apr. 1978, 115, 116; or Ensign, May 1978, 76–77.
Saved by cboyack in wickedness truth society integrity popularity prophet testimony error culture carnal rejection ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2984Author: Thomas Paine, Source: Unknown
Saved by cboyack in truth lie error question inquiry investigation ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2981Author: Jean Rostand, Source: unknown
Saved by friedmoon in mind humanity error mistakes beauty ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2679Author: Ezra Taft Benson, Source: Ensign, May 1975, p. 64
Saved by cboyack in politics truth revelation bookofmormon evil doctrine apostasy error philosophy scripture prophesy ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2039Author: Brigham Young, Source: Journal of Discourses 14:204
Saved by Doc in truth revelation obedience gospel prophet discernment error fallibility witness ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1982Author: Mohandas Ghandi, Source: unknown
Saved by Doc in wisdom humility pride error ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1892
Civilization, central banking and politics make monkeys of us all; we’re not equipped to deal with them. Like a hairdresser who shows up to work with a wrench in his hand and liquor on his breath, we are bound to make a mess of things.
Author: Bill Bonner, Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner318.html
Saved by cboyack in politics truth civilization wisdom knowledge economy fact error bank finances ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1548Author: Dag Hammarskjold, Source: Unknown
Saved by cboyack in truth integrity character behavior error carnalman ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1400