Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

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...

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour...

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour...

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this...

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this...

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin --...

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin --...

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes...

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of...

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of...

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

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.

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a...

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a...

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the...

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the...

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,...

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three...

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three...

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...

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because...

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because...

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live...

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live...

My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose you ancestors...

My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose you ancestors...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farming house far down the road...

Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farming house far down the road...

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.