Daniel Dennett Quotes

The thing I believe in most in the world is my own fallibility, so I am willing to believe that I may be wrong too.

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

I'm not one of these people who thinks I know all the answers.

One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong.

A man who has humility will have acquired in the last reaches of his beliefs the saving doubt of his own certainty.

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

I question everything I do.

I'd ask people to keep in mind the idea that if you really understand something, it's even more important for you to consider the possibility of your wrongness. Even if it takes someone dumber than you to point that out.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

It's not like I have all the answers.

Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.

I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.

There is a cleansing humility about doubt.

At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.

I try not to be an ideologue about anything. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and I'm willing to evolve.