It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

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

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish...

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish...

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make...

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make...

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...

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

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

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

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing,...

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing,...

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are...

The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are...

If a philosophy is to bring happiness it should be inspired by kindly feelings. Marx...

If a philosophy is to bring happiness it should be inspired by kindly feelings. Marx...

Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work

Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work

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

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

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

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...

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...