#astray

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#blind #direct #drive #entire #entire generation

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#astray #experience #gone #good #reach

My mind is led astray by every faint rustle. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#every #faint #led #mind #rustle

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#cherish #faith #human #imbecility #led

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray. ↗

— Roger von Oech

#explorer #important #led #willing

How many new rock stars have come around that have anything to say at all? Guys where you even want to know what they're thinking? Are they thinking? Where did it go astray? ↗

— Chris Robinson

#around #astray #come #did #even

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#leads #nothing #premature #scientist #truth

If you will stay with the majority of the Twelve Apostles, and the records of the Church, you will never be led astray. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

#astray #church #led #majority #never

It's nice to be in a creative world that's kind of isolated, but you can get led astray down some pathway while you're recording that you might not like later. And there's a lot of time to get in your own head and stay there. ↗

— Andrew Dost

#creative #down #get #head #isolated

In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity. The distance between you and them can one day become so great that your joyous cry over some new gain could be answered by an universal shriek of horror. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

#science