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Value Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- I conclude that, while it is true that science cannot decide questions of value, that is because they cannot be intellectually decided at all, and…
- I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young, and I love life. But…
- Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power of manipulating nature.…
- In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than in the lives…
- Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.
- 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,…
- An educator should think of a child as a garderner thinks of a plant, as something to be made to grow by having the right…
- There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton…
- Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than…
- The habit of looking to the future and thinking that the whole meaning of the present lies in what it will bring forth is a…
- I hold all knowledge that is concerned with things that actually exist - all that is commonly called Science - to be of very slight…
- I believe myself that romantic love is the source of the most intense delights that life has to offer. In the relation of a man…
- No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them…
More Value Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural… — David Attenborough
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but… — Gamaliel Bailey
- I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives,… — Lucille Ball
- Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much… — Mario Batali