“He who does nothing makes no mistakes; he who makes no mistakes learns nothing.”
Luca Pacioli (1445–1517) Italian father of accounting
“Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all — they are attempting nothing new.”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 20
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“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.”
Joseph Conrad book An Outcast of the Islands
Source: An Outcast of the Islands (1896), Pt. 3, Ch. 2; possibly an adaptation of a Polish proverb, "Ten się nie myli, kto nic nie robi" — "One is not wrong, who does nothing."
“one who makes no mistakes makes nothing”
Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice
“He said nothing: seldom do those who are silent make mistakes.”
Neil Gaiman (1960) English fantasy writer
Source: Norse Mythology (2017), Chapter 4, “Mimir’s Head and Odin’s Eye” (p. 45)
Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018) Entrepreneur
"The Testament of a Furniture Dealer" http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/reports-downloads/the-testament-of-a-furniture-dealer.pdf (1976).
“It's just the biggest mistake I could think to make”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Source: Invisible Monsters
“…the biggest mistake people make is not acknowledging fear and uncertainty.”
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
New York Times, "Tiptoeing Out of One’s Comfort Zone (and of Course, Back In)"- Interview) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/12/your-money/12shortcuts.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Bren%C3%A9%20Brown&st=cse, February 11, 2011.
Luanne Rice (1955) American author
Source: Follow the Stars Home
“In life, those who want to be happy make mistakes.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Nella vita, chi vuole essere felice commette errori.
Source: prevale.net
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 21
Context: "Tell me," said the atheist, "Is there a God — really?"
Said the master, "If you want me to be perfectly honest with you, I will not answer."
Later the disciples demanded to know why he had not answered.
"Because the question is unanswerable," said the Master.
"So you are an atheist?"
"Certainly not. The atheist makes the mistake of denying that of which nothing may be said... and the theist makes the mistake of affirming it.