Bertrand Russell on goodness
Bertrand Russell100 quotes“The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell 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.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell 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.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
Tony HsiehTony Hsieh Scatter good will and love and prayers all around, everywhere, and you will be astonished, not only by what it does for other people, but how it comes back to you in generous abundance.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding I’m a normal human being. I don’t have any desire to change my body as a result of having had two kids. That’s a good thing, isn’t it?
Kate WinsletKate Winslet Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul
Bob DylanBob Dylan A good thing never ends.
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