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common-sense important logic
Inferences of Science and Common Sense differ from those of deductive logic and mathematics in a very important respect, namely, when the premises are true and the reasoning correct, the conclusion is only probable. Bertrand Russell
common-sense common englishmen
John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since! Bertrand Russell
common-sense lincoln provide voice
There is a need for a common-sense voice in Lincoln. I want to provide that voice for Lincoln County. Tom Hanson
common-sense trying common
Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time. Bertrand Russell
common-sense get-better care
If the grass is greener on the other side it`s probably getting better care. Success is a matter of sticking to a set of common sense principles anyone can master. Earl Nightingale
common-sense lines common
Somewhere along the line common sense should prevail,. Ben Nelson
common-sense atheism opaque
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense. Edward Abbey
common-sense people atmosphere
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. Samuel Butler
common-sense needs common
Common sense needs constant reappraisal. Albert Einstein
atheism unhappy balance
What makes a free thinker is not his beliefs, but the way in which he holds them. If he holds them because his elders told him they were true when he was young, or if he holds them because if he did not he would be unhappy, his thought is not free; but if he holds them because, after careful thought, he finds a balance in their favor, then his thought is free, however odd his conclusions may seem. Bertrand Russell
atheism speak precaution
It is permissible with certain precautions to speak in print of coitus, but it is not permissible to employ the monosyllabic synonym for this word. Bertrand Russell
atheism lasts rate
Disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but at last it was complete. Charles Darwin
atheism murder confessing
It is like confessing to a murder. Charles Darwin
atheism intellect affirmative
The question of whether there exists a Creator and Ruler of the Universe has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects that have ever existed. Charles Darwin
atheism devil vices
Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice. Charles Spurgeon
atheism reason accepting
... reason accepts no commandments. Ayn Rand
atheism environment seeking
Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself. Bertrand Russell
atheism may ifs
God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous C. S. Lewis
opaque want spirit
...though one can be callous in Ireland one cannot be wholly opaque or material. An unearthly disturbance works in the spirit; reason can never reconcile one to life; nothing allays the wants one cannot explain. Elizabeth Bowen
opaque transparency absolutes
But nothing is more opaque than absolute transparency. Margaret Atwood
opaque
Things are opaque to us, and we are opaque to ourselves. Jacques Maritain