The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIt’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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