Henry Norris Russell quotes

Henry Norris Russell quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.”
-- Henry Norris Russell

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“For myself, if I am to stake all I have and hope to be upon anything, I will venture it upon the abounding fullness of God - upon the assurance that, as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways, and His thoughts than our thoughts.”
-- Henry Norris Russell

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“One of the most striking results of modern investigation has been the way in which several different and quite independent lines of evidence indicate that a very great event occurred about two thousand million years ago. The radio-active evidence for the age of meteorites; and the estimated time for the tidal evolution of the Moon's orbit (though this is much rougher), all agree in their testimony, and, what is far more important, the red-shift in the nebulae indicates that this date is fundamental, not merely in the history of our system, but in that of the material universe as a whole.”
-- Henry Norris Russell

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“Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe.”
-- Henry Norris Russell

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“Far from being hostile to religion is capable of rendering religion important services.”
-- Henry Norris Russell

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“The need for some venture of faith still remains; one must stake one's life upon something.”
-- Henry Norris Russell

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