Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error. Not only so; but scarcely any attempt is entirely a failure; scarcely any theory, the result of steady thought, is altogether false; no tempting form of Error is without some latent charm derived from Truth.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Each failure guides us toward truth; even errors have hidden value.
- In plain terms
- Failure points us to what is true, and errors contain some truth.
- What can you take from it?
- View mistakes as steps toward better understanding.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can you extract value from a failure?
Another view
Not all failures are informative; some are dead ends.
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