Bertrand Russell on imagination
Bertrand Russell100 quotes“Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.”
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell
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The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
Bear BryantBear Bryant Imagine your ideal future. Visualize yourself as if your life were perfect in every aspect.
Brian TracyBrian Tracy Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.
Ken BlanchardKen Blanchard I imagine therefore I belong and am free.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Stephen CoveyStephen Covey A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim – to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
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