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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The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

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...

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...

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

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

To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without, being paralyzed by hesitation, is...

To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without, being paralyzed by hesitation, is...

The professional moralist in our day is a man of less than average intelligence.

The professional moralist in our day is a man of less than average intelligence.

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...

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...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such...

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such...

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

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...

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an...

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an...

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children...

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children...

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in...

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in...

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

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

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

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

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

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

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