“A man's allowed to make lots of small mistakes, and there's nothing wrong with that. But if the mistakes are big ones and they weigh him down, his only solution is to stop taking himself seriously. It's the only way to avoid suffering - suffering, prolonged, can be fatal.”

“The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.”

Al Franken (1951) American comedian and politician

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

“There is no such thing as making a mistake. Only one thing is compulsory, only one mistake: and that is not realizing your mistakes.”

Robert Fripp (1946) English guitarist, composer and record producer

“we’re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“Only while sleeping one makes no mistakes. Making mistakes is the privilege of the active—of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.”

Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018) Entrepreneur

“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Without pain, there would be no suffering. Without suffering, we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.”

Angelina Jolie (1975) American actress, film director, and screenwriter

“Nothing a man suffers will prevent him from inflicting suffering on others. Indeed, it will teach him the way”

Barry Unsworth book Sacred Hunger