E.S. Russell Quotes

The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading

The society girl meets more dangers than the girl on the stage. There is more danger at a tango tea than in the theatre. The actor is less dangerous than the dancing master.

Laughter is the most inexpensive and most effective wonder drug. Laughter is a universal medicine.

We must never ignore or pass by the prompting of the Spirit to render service to one another.

Stern men with empires in their brains.

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

That's the best part of the game, to see the smiles on their faces and the breakthroughs they have as individuals.

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

We can all be more consistently involved in missionary work by replacing our fear with real faith.

As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.

Trust the Lord. He is the good shepherd. He knows His sheep. And His sheep know His voice.

Freedom in education has many aspects. There is first of all freedom to learn or not to learn. Then there is freedom as to what to learn. And in later education there is freedom of opinion.

This is God's work, and God's work will not be frustrated. But there is still much to be done.

Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.

Liberty is the right to do what I like; licence, the right to do what you like.

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the parents are stronger than children.

I'm a big pasta guy, but I've cut it out to stay fast and lean.

There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn.

I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality.

Fanaticism is the danger of the world, and always has been, and has done untold harm. I might almost say that I was fanatical against fanaticism.

Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear.

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.

They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak.

The sum total of each man's giving determines the standard of man's civilization.

Some people would rather die than think.

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.

Indian people are relics; we do not exist in the present.

Mistakes only cost you when you don't acknowledge them.

Young people, take heart: the older you get, the fewer commandments you will have the strength to break.

Happy can make you money, but money can't make you happy.

You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.

If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.

If the audience doesn't like it, usually they're just silent. But they've never all walked out at once.

I do not believe that I am now dreaming, but I cannot prove that I am not.

Garden making, like gardening itself, concerns the relationship of the human being to his natural surroundings.

It had been an enormous, extraordinary, outrageous adventure. And it was deadly.

I know the coaches definitely trust me and my ability to throw the football.

The very foundation of the living of life lies in the desire of every man to give service to fulfill the needs of his neighbor.

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.

I will keep my body charged with energy for fulfillment of my purpose, in accord with that which is commanded of me.

All data are filtered, observation is necessarily 'theory-laden'.

Book five of Dork Diaries is one of my favorite books it brings my thoughts deep into the book and think if you haven't read it you should you will probably fell just as I fell.

Wine intoxicates for a time, but the end is bitterness.

Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears; Are they wet Even yet With the thought of other years?

It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.

Evil springs up, and flowers, and bears no seed, And feeds the green earth with its swift decay, Leaving it richer for the growth of truth.

The richer we are, the longer we live. And the longer we live, the more expensive it is to take care of our diseases as we get older.

I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them.

The only man who could make a love scene comfortable was Clark Gable. He was born graceful, he knew what to do with his feet and when he took hold of you, there was no fooling around.