If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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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 --...

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest...

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

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

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

An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one...

An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one...

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.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It...

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It...

Control your emotion or it will control you

Control your emotion or it will control you

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...

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...

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual...

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds...

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds...

Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want...

Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

I don't believe in mathematics.

I don't believe in mathematics.

A man is basically as faithful as his options.

A man is basically as faithful as his options.