Bertrand Russell ( 10 of 71 )
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you read more
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness read more
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.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: read more
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary read more
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have read more
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.
