Quotes by Smith, Lillian

Education is a private matter between the person and the world of know >>

To find the point where hypothesis and fact meet; the delicate equilib >>

For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained >>

Quotations about Belief

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally a >>

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system >>

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. >>

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surmise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more surely.

Smith, Lillian