Belief Quote by William Kingdon Clifford

The rule which should guide us in such cases is simple and obvious enough: that the aggregate testimony of our neighbours is subject to…

— William Kingdon Clifford

We feel much happier and more secure when we think we know precisely what to do, no matter what happens, then when we have…

— William Kingdon Clifford

All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.

— William Kingdon Clifford

To consider only one other such witness: the followers of the Buddha have at least as much right to appeal to individual and social…

— William Kingdon Clifford

No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe.

— William Kingdon Clifford

“ Newton supposed that the case of the planet was similar to that of [a ball spun around on the end of an elastic…

— William Kingdon Clifford

To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

— William Kingdon Clifford

He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it…

— William Kingdon Clifford

“ Euclid 's Elements has been for nearly twenty-two centuries the encouragement and guide of that scientific thought which is one thing with the…

— William Kingdon Clifford

We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.

— William Kingdon Clifford

There is one thing in the world more wicked than the desire to command, and that is the will to obey.

— William Kingdon Clifford

To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances.

— William Kingdon Clifford