#mistaken

We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace. ↗

— Thomas R. Kelly

#economic #god #loving #mistaken #nature

That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry. ↗

— Joseph Glanvill

#being #belief #certain #certainty #humane

Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one. ↗

— Judith Martin

#mistakenly #new #new technology #old #old one

If I'm not mistaken, I think Data was the comic relief on the show. ↗

— Brent Spiner

#comic relief #data #i #i think #mistaken

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#also #appropriation #books #buy #buying

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#lack #mistaken #often #pep

I pointed to a low bowl filled with what purported to be stew, but then Noah said, “Are you going to point, or are you going to eat?” “I just like to know what I’m putting in my mouth before I swallow.” Noah arched an eyebrow, and I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#mistaken #funny