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Minds Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have reverted to being little devils;…
- We are ... led to a somewhat vague distinction between what we may call "hard" data and "soft" data. This distinction is a matter of…
- He will see himself and life and the world as truly as our human limitations will permit; realizing the brevity and minuteness of human life,…
- The world that I should wish to see would be one freed from the virulence of group hostilities and capable of realizing that happiness for…
- The first effect of emancipation from the Church was not to make men think rationally, but to open their minds to every sort of antique…
- Moreover, the attitude that one ought to believe such and such a proposition, independently of the question whether there is evidence in its favor, is…
- It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results. The wish to preserve the…
- If you think your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument rather than by persecution, and will abandon it if the…
- It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results. The wish to preserve the…
More Minds Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe
- To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
- Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo
- Nobody minds having what is too good for them. — Jane Austen
- Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls. — Gaston Bachelard
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
- When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally… — Ansel Adams
- Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. — Tallulah Bankhead
- Only idiots refuse to change their minds. — Brigitte Bardot
- Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. — James M. Barrie
- Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. — John Adams