What is the original wording?

The stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes (Rabindranath Tagore, 1916). Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, 1916.

The stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes.

Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds 243 (1916)

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What it means

We reach the truth by being wrong and correcting course. Errors are the riverbed, not the enemy. Don't fear mistakes; keep the water moving.

The source

"The stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes." Rabindranath Tagore said it in Stray Birds 243 (1916). Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, 1916.

"The stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes."

Rabindranath Tagore, 1916, Stray Birds 243 (1916). Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Bengali poet, composer and teacher, and in 1913 the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He rendered his own short poems into English in Gitanjali and Stray Birds.

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What does "The stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes." mean?: We reach the truth by being wrong and correcting course. Errors are the riverbed, not the enemy. Don't fear mistakes; keep the water moving.
Who said "The stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes."?: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Source: Stray Birds 243 (1916).
What is the original wording?: The stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes (Rabindranath Tagore, 1916). Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, 1916.
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"The stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes." (Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds 243 (1916), trans. Rabindranath Tagore, 1916). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/the-stream-of-truth-flows-through-its-channels