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
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.
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.
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.
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 most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way
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.
Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one.
Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one.
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?
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he read more
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
