Bertrand Arthur William Russell
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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite
We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought
War does not determine who is right - only who is left
To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind
Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge
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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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