Quotes
Quotes - Russell
Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must inevitably leave him a prey to boredom.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life.
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
A man of Seville is shaved by the Barber of Seville if and only if the man does not shave himself. Does the barber shave himself?
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.
Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first is unpleasant and ill-paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid.
A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations.
Sin is geographical.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
