He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart.
William Kingdon CliffordThought is powerless, except it make something outside of itself: the thought which conquers the world is not contemplative but active.
William Kingdon CliffordWe may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
William Kingdon CliffordAn atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life.
William Kingdon Clifford