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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If today were a fish I'd throw it back

If today were a fish I'd throw it back

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

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...

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour...

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour...

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory...

Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory...

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if...

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if...

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...

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a...

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a...

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...

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is...

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is...

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...

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty....

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty....

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

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...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that...

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that...