It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIt’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
BERTRAND RUSSELLPolitics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
BERTRAND RUSSELLScience may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMan is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
BERTRAND RUSSELLSo far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
BERTRAND RUSSELLEverything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMachines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThree 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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLSometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
BERTRAND RUSSELLTo fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
BERTRAND RUSSELLOne of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
BERTRAND RUSSELLDo 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 RUSSELLThe hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
BERTRAND RUSSELLBoredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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