Famous quotes containing the words absolute, risk and/or aversion:
“One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Better risk loss of truth than chance of error—that is your faith-vetoer’s exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“My aversion from music rests on political grounds.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)