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.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it...

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it...

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish...

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish...

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force...

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all...

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all...

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope...

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope...

Sin is geographical.

Sin is geographical.

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the...

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the...

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence...

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence...

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.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of...

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of...

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based...

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based...