A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simpl

A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions. – William Kingdon Clifford

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Experience
category

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream. – Vincent Van Gogh

Category:
Experience

Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. – Albert Schweitzer

Category:
Experience

A leader who confines his role to his peoples experience dooms himself to stagnation a leader who outstrips his peoples experience runs the risk of not being understood. – Henry A. Kissinger

Category:
Experience

My kids will grow up in a house knowing that its perfectly normal for two men to be in love, its perfectly normal for two women to be in love. My kids will grow up knowing its all about love. It doesnt matter who youre with and everyone should have that experience. – Tori Spelling

Category:
Experience

Random Quotes

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. – Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Losing is no disgrace if youve given your best. – Jim Palmer

Category:
Failure

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Pain

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Father