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F. H. Bradley Quotes - Page 2

There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth.

There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth.

Naked, Nudity, Dislike

F.H. Bradley, Carol Keene (1999). “F.H. Bradley: Miscellaneous Writings”, Thoemmes

Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst.

Anxiety, Worst, Be Good

'Appearance and Reality' (1893) preface (on pessimism)

Few people would not be the worse for complete sincerity.

People, Sincerity

It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.

Sympathy, Wise, Suffering

"Aphorisms". Book by F. H. Bradley (Aphorism No. 22), 1930.

One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.

Suicide, Suicidal, Blow

"Aphorisms". Book by F. H. Bradley, 1930.

The Self has turned out to mean so many things, to mean them so ambiguously, and to be so wavering in its application, that we do not feel encouraged.

Mean, Self, Wavering

Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink.

Writing, Heart, Blood

"Aphorisms". Book by F. H. Bradley No. 25, 1930.

Another occupation might have been better.

Occupation, Might, Might Have Been

F.H. Bradley, Carol Keene (1999). “F.H. Bradley: Miscellaneous Writings”, Thoemmes

I will begin with the self-styled "Christian" party, who profess to base their morality on the New Testament. But whether it is really more Christian to follow or to ignore the teachings of the Gospels I shall not discuss.

Christian, Party, Teaching

"The Limits of Individual and National Self-Sacrifice" by F. H. Bradley, 1894.

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