Bertrand Russell ( 10 of 71 )
Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.
Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people read more
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.
Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with read more
Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with the relation of the soul to God, or with mystic insight, or with any of the matters with which the more elevated and spiritual moralists are co
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain read more
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others
Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, read more
Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery
The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on read more
The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on journeys, that such men are not content to remain continent, and that in a conventionally virtuous community they do not find respectable women.
It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.
It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.
