I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is a rare exception. I had supposed that most people liked money better than almost anything…

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

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It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it...

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It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely...

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,...

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Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

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People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is...

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Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure.

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The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these...

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

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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

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Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief...

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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.

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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have...

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

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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is...

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To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force...

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The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy...

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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...