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Bertrand Russell Quotes

Bertrand Russell quotes

British Philosopher May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970

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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
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness,..."
Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people's. Bertrand Russell
Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is..."
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible. Bertrand Russell
I hate the world and almost all the people in it. I hate the Labour Congress and the journalists who send men to be slaughtered, and the fathers who feel a smug pride when their sons are killed, and even the pacifists who keep saying human nature is essentially good, in spite of all the daily proofs to the contrary. I hate the planet and the human race—I am ashamed to belong to such a species. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "to be without some of the things you want is an indespensible..."
to be without some of the things you want is an indespensible part of happiness Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external..."
Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable..."
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a..."
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. Bertrand Russell
To the primitive mind, everything is either friendly or hostile; but experience has shown that friendliness and hostility are not the conceptions by which the world is to be understood. Bertrand Russell
A good social system is not to be secured by making people unselfish, but, by making their own vital impulses fit in with other peoples. This is feasible. Those who have produced stoic philosophies have all had enough to eat and drink. I feel I shall find the truth on my deathbed and be surrounded by people too stupid to understand—fussing about medicines instead of searching for wisdom. I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that. Bertrand Russell
Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possiblities which enlarge our thoughts and free them from the tyranny of custom. Thus, while diminishing our feeling of certainty as to what things are, it greatly increases our knowledge as to what the may be; it removes the somewhat arrogant dogmatism of those who have never travelled into the region of liberating doubt, and it keeps alive our sense of wonder... Bertrand Russell
I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex. Bertrand Russell

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