Author: William Kingdon Clifford

Quotes

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

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

A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.

A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.

- William Kingdon Clifford

When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that.

When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that.

- William Kingdon Clifford

This sense of power is the highest and best of pleasures when the belief on which it is founded is a true belief, and has been fairly earned by investigation.

This sense of power is the highest and best of pleasures when the belief on which it is founded is a true belief, and has been fairly earned by investigation.

- William Kingdon Clifford

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

- William Kingdon Clifford

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