One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison.
— Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. — Bertrand Russell Tweet
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell
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.
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.
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
Bertrand Russell
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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.
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.