Bertrand Russell ( 10 of 71 )
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
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.
For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, read more
For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from paucity of experience.
It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.
It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the read more
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no read more
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.
Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one.
Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one.
Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.
Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.
De ce să repetăm greşelile înaintaşilor, cand sunt atâtea noi greşeli de făcut?
De ce să repetăm greşelile înaintaşilor, cand sunt atâtea noi greşeli de făcut?
Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent
Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent
