Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise...

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced...

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for...

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for...

Sin is geographical.

Sin is geographical.

Some kind of philosophy is a necessity to all but the most thoughtless, and in...

Some kind of philosophy is a necessity to all but the most thoughtless, and in...

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents...

No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents...

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with...

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with...

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...

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

Some 'advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion...

Some 'advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion...

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed

Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed

It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for...

Hate is blind.