Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
BERTRAND RUSSELLScience is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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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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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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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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