Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically the situation is analogous to that of people trampled to death when there is a panic in a theatre caused by a cry of 'Fire!'

Quote by Bertrand Russell

Topics: Death Quotes

I do so hate to leave this world

I do so hate to leave this world

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...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Control your emotion or it will control you

Control your emotion or it will control you

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...

Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.

Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.

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

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

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...

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

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,...

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great...

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

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...

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,...

Real love hurts, real love makes you totally open and vulnerable. Real love will take...

Real love hurts, real love makes you totally open and vulnerable. Real love will take...

In a friend you find a second self.

In a friend you find a second self.

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in...

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in...