Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
BERTRAND RUSSELLLove can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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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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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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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.
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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.
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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