"He who truly believes that which prompts him……" — 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 already in his heart."
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William Kingdon Clifford
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30 Quotes by William Kingdon Clifford
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A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded…
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The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that…
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If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he…
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When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or…
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Remember that [scientific thought] is the guide of action; that the truth which it arrives at is not that which…
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We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is…
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There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready…
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The aim of scientific thought, then, is to apply past experience to new circumstances; the instrument is an observed uniformity…
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An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us…
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Every rustic who delivers in the village alehouse his slow, infrequent sentences, may help to kill or keep alive the…
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If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.
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