Bertrand Arthur William Russell
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education
Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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