In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

I do so hate to leave this world

I do so hate to leave this world

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

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

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

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...

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out,...

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out,...

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

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

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

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

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

By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of...

By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of...

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

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...

The man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man; neither was...

The man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man; neither was...

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...

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are...

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are...

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...

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it...

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it...