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Essentials Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- Scientific method, although in its more refined forms it may seem complicated, is in essence remarkably simply. It consists in observing such facts as will…
- Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men that comes chiefly through their…
- I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to include…
- The first essential character [of civilization], I should say, is forethought. This, I would say, is what distinguishes men from brutes and adults from children.
- There is... in our day, a powerful antidote to nonsense, which hardly existed in earlier times - I mean science. Science cannot be ignored or…
- To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.
- Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to…
- Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
- I must, before I die, find some way to say the essential thing that is in me, that I have never said yet -- a…
- It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulses and not from the accidental tastes and desires…
More Essentials Quotes
- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight. — Diane Ackerman
- I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue. — Michelle Bachelet
- We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments. — Michelle Bachelet
- The freedom of all is essential to my freedom. — Mikhail Bakunin
- Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself. — Andre Balazs
- Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed. Added to… — Roseanne Barr
- The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate,… — John Adams