Bertrand Russell Quotes About Inspirational
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Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate this evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
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The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
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The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
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The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
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Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
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Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant but also makes pleasant things more pleasant.
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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable.
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