Susan Stebbing famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

We come to think of an idealist as one who seeks to realize what is not in fact realizable. But, it is necessary to insist, to have ideals is not the same as to have impracticable ideals, however often it may be the case that our ideals are impracticable.
-- Susan Stebbing

#Thinking #May #Facts
We easily fall into the habit of accepting compressed statements which save us from the trouble of thinking. Thus arises what I shall call 'Potted Thinking'.
-- Susan Stebbing

#Fall #Thinking #Trouble
A system is said to be coherent if every fact in the system is related every other fact in the system by relations that are not merely conjunctive. A deductive system affords a good example of a coherent system.
-- Susan Stebbing

#Facts #Example #Said
To have ideals is not the same as to have impracticable ideals.
-- Susan Stebbing
It is not swinish to be happy unless one is happy in swinish ways.
-- Susan Stebbing

#Happiness #Way
There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom of the Press and parliamentary institutions. Our difficulties are due partly to our own stupidity, partly to the exploitation of that stupidity, and partly to our own prejudices and personal desires.
-- Susan Stebbing

#Thinking #Stupidity #Desire
The opposite of thinking clearly is being muddled. To be conscious of being muddled is a horrible experience. To avoid it we may even be tempted to shut our minds and swallow a belief, ready-made, from some expert authority.
-- Susan Stebbing

#Thinking #Opposites #Mind
It is an illusion to suppose that a Dictator makes himself; at most he seizes an opportunity made for him by passive, stupid, incompetent, and above all, unsatisfied and fearful men.
-- Susan Stebbing

#Stupid #Opportunity #Men

Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.
Think it over, think it under.
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.
I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.
Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.
Staying with him. Letting him touch you, hold you, GOD. It's eating me alive. You may be keeping Sawyer from hating me but you're only making me hate him
Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
Itâ€™s a known fact that in certain contexts peopleâ€™s great strengths become their epic failings.
Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate. Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

Susan Stebbing famous quotes

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