A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. ~Bertrand Russell
Life Happiness Happy
A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. ~Bertrand Russell
Work People Wish
Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. ~Bertrand Russell
Knowledge Ignorance
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery. ~Bertrand Russell
Hope Born Misery
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. ~Bertrand Russell
Freedom Government Opinion
I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex. ~Bertrand Russell
Time Food Good
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. ~Bertrand Russell
Happiness Nature Time
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. ~Bertrand Russell
Life Support Man
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. ~Bertrand Russell
Love Women Love Is
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. ~Bertrand Russell
Education Men Stupid
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. ~Bertrand Russell
motivation inspiration
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. ~Bertrand Russell
Love Power Hatred
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. ~Bertrand Russell
Fear Coward Never
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. ~Bertrand Russell
Work Important Belief
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. ~Bertrand Russell
Respect Prison Tyranny
The average mans opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself. ~Bertrand Russell