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.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired...

Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an...

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an...

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the...

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the...

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is...

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is...

All movements go too far.

All movements go too far.

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you...

It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you...

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions,...

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions,...

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states,...

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states,...

I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing...

I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing...