Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIn all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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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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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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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.
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