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Since Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- We may define "faith" as the firm belief in something for which there is no evidence. Where there is evidence, no one speaks of "faith."…
- Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the world and human…
- Ordinary language is totally unsuited for expressing what physics really asserts, since the words of everyday life are not sufficiently abstract. Only mathematics and mathematical…
- 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…
- In democratic countries, the most important private organizations are economic. Unlike secret societies, they are able to exercise their terrorism without illegality, since they do…
- The more things a man is interested in, the more opportunities of happiness he has and the less he is at the mercy of fate,…
- All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority faced virulent public…
- Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
- In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he…
- There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost…
- The Church no longer contends that knowledge is in itself sinful, though it did so in its palmy days; but the acquisition of knowledge, even…
- When two men of science disagree, they do not invoke the secular arm; they wait for further evidence to decide the issue, because, as men…
- When it was first proposed to establish laboratories at Cambridge, Todhunter, the mathematician, objected that it was unnecessary for students to see experiments performed, since…
- Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
- Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.
- If we could all live solitary and without labor, we could all enjoy this ecstasy of independence; since we cannot, its delights are only available…
More Since Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten. — J. J. Abrams
- In practice, I've had a presence in China since 1998 with my commercial spaces and shops. — Giorgio Armani
- I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999. — Lance Armstrong
- Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. — Saint Augustine
- Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or… — Saint Augustine
- Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Teresa of Avila