Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMen who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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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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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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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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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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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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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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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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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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