I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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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...

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

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...

Sin is geographical.

Sin is geographical.

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

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...

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.

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,...

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.

If we could all live solitary and without labor, we could all enjoy this ecstasy...

If we could all live solitary and without labor, we could all enjoy this ecstasy...

If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate...

If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate...

The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for...

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for...

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work...

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work...

There is little of the true philosophic spirit in Aquinas. He does not, like the...

There is little of the true philosophic spirit in Aquinas. He does not, like the...

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it...

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it...

A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering...

A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering...

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence...

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence...