"History is valuable, to begin with, because it is true; and this, though not the whole of its value, is the foundation and condition of all the rest. That all knowledge, as such, is in some degree good, would appear to be at least probable; and the knowledge of every historical fact possesses this element of goodness, even if it posses no other."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Knowledge Quotes #Historical Quotes #Foundation Quotes

“The Gospel purifies and renews: it bears fruit wherever the community of believers hears and welcomes the grace of God in truth and lives in charity. This is my faith; this is my joy.”
“If human progress had been more a matter of leadership we should be in Utopia to-day.”

Source : "Orations and addresses".
“I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.”
“I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England.”
“I mean, anything that money can be made off will never be a problem to make, no matter what it is.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. October 12, 2010.
“Fitness is a curve. You can be Lance Armstrong, or you can be really out of shape at the opposite end. People enter the curve wherever they are and then they can move up the curve, by better nutrition and better exercise.”
“Keep inviolate an area of light and peace within you.”
“The Chinese do make vast quantities of wine for home consumption, but you wouldn't want to drink it yourself.”

Source : "Red Nose Day needs fewer celebrities and more mercenary task forces" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2013.

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