Bertrand Russell ( 10 of 71 )
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
All human activity is prompted by desire.
All human activity is prompted by desire.
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the read more
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths
Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets read more
Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets for the impulses which our remote ancestors satisfied in hunting
Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that read more
Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a modern man would appear to be justice
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.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and read more
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain read more
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others
