E.S. Russell Quotes

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of; we blind them as quickly as possible.

Not suffering, but faint heart, is worst of woes.

There was [really] little difference between someone acting throwing french fries in your face and someone throwing french fries in your face.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.

And now it seems she's on my wavelength. That's all I need. My mind isn't much of a comfort to me but at least I thought it was private.

I believe that most of us would like to be thought well of by horses.

We look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him.

Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not on the ballot.

God is not dumb, that he should speak no more; If thou hast wanderings in the wilderness And find'st not Sinai, 'tis thy soul is poor.

May is a pious fraud of the almanac.

More and more I'm aware that the permutations are not unlimited.

It is not without reason that fame is awarded only after death. The cloud-dust of notoriety which follows and envelops the men who drive with the wind bewilders contemporary judgment.

Good heavens, of what un costly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons.

Ef you want peace, the thing you've gut to du Is jes' to show you're up to fightin', tu.

Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

Consciousness exists beyond your head, between our heads, and it can manifest harmony.

Them as counts counts moren them as dont count

If you've got any concern at all about animal welfare, you've got to not eat meat.

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms

Reading Chaucer is like brushing through the dewy grass at sunrise.

I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy.

The Axiom of Choice is necessary to select a set from an infinite number of socks, but not an infinite number of shoes.

It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.

A beggar through the world am I, From place to place I wander by. Fill up my pilgrim's scrip for me, For Christ's sweet sake and charity.

O visionary world, condition strange, Where naught abiding is but only change.

Question all information when you receive it. You might not even trust me Look at me, I've got a blanket over me head.

This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.

The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman.

The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come and go.

Humbleness is always grace; always dignity

The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age Are petrified forever.

I've always thought respectable people scoundrels, and I look anxiously at my face every morning for signs of my becoming a scoundrel.

It is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, ‘progress’ would become mechanical and trivial.

Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.

An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.

We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him, turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness within.

If it hadn't been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all.

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth

We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.

Always try to be yourself.

There's something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.

The artists are now big brands.

The only duration of family life that satisfies the loftiest longings of the human soul is forever.

I'm not much on sequels; I'm not much on remakes for the most part. I don't really like or dislike them.

When priorities are in place, one can more patiently tolerate unfinished business.

I thank God and His Son, Jesus Christ, for the Restoration and its power to propel a magnificent wave of truth and righteousness across the earth.

My first advice (on how not to grow old) would be to choose you ancestors carefully.

Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know.