Bertrand Arthur William Russell
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Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years
I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong
I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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