One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
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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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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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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Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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