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E.S. Russell

E.S. Russell quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“From the point of view of the pure morphologist the recapitulation theory is an instrument of research enabling him to reconstruct probable lines of descent; from the standpoint of the student of development and heredity the fact of recapitulation is a difficult problem whose solution would perhaps give the key to a true understanding of the real nature of heredity.”
-- E.S. Russell

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“The living thing is not the clay molded by the potter, nor the harp played upon by the musician. It is the clay modeling itself.”
-- E.S. Russell

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“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”
“First birth is from your parents, but real birth, real life, begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service unto him. Then the path is open for going back to home, back to Godhead, to live eternally in full knowledge and full bliss and in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Lord Krishna.”
“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”
“The year showed me beyond a doubt that everyone practices cafeteria religion... But the important lesson was this: there's nothing wrong with choosing. Cafeterias aren't bad per se... the key is in choosing the right dishes. You need to pick the nurturing ones (compassion), the healthy ones (love thy neighbor), not the bitter ones.”
“Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.”
“You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.”
“What is the key to life on Earth?”

Source : "Fictional character: Master". "Ambition", www.imdb.com. 2014.
“I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.”
“I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.”
“As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.”

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