Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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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...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely...

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

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...

All movements go too far.

All movements go too far.

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

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...

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

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...

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...

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is...

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough...

That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough...