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Bertrand Russell Quotes

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British Philosopher May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970

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Bertrand Russell quote: "Man needs, for his happiness, not merely the enjoyment of this..."
Man needs, for his happiness, not merely the enjoyment of this or that, but hope, and enterprise and change. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this..."
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. Bertrand Russell
I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite. Bertrand Russell
One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "marriage is likely to be what is called happy if niether party..."
marriage is likely to be what is called happy if niether party ever expected to get much happiness out of it Bertrand Russell
It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulses and not from the accidental tastes and desires of those who happen to be our neighbors, or even our relations. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Anything you're good at contributes to happiness."
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness. Bertrand Russell
The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will contemplate something else instead. Bertrand Russell
Men have physical needs, and they have emotions. While physical needs are unsatisfied, they take first place; but when they are satisfied, emotions unconnected with them become important in deciding whether a man is to be happy or unhappy. Bertrand Russell
For my part, while I am as convinced a Socialist as the most ardent Marxian, I do not regard Socialism as a gospel of proletarian revenge, nor even, primarily, as a means of securing economic justice. I regard it primarily as an adjustment to machine production demanded by considerations of common sense, and calculated to increase the happiness, not only of proletarians, but of all except a tiny minority of the human race. Bertrand Russell
To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things - this is emancipation, and this is the free man's worship. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "To like many people spontaneously and without effort is..."
To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness. Bertrand Russell
Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. Bertrand Russell
Man is essentially a dreamer, wakened sometimes for a moment by some peculiarly obtrusive element in the outer world, but lapsing again quickly into the happy somnolence of imagination. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person,..."
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed. Bertrand Russell

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