Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

The professional moralist in our day is a man of less than average intelligence.

The professional moralist in our day is a man of less than average intelligence.

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

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

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

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be...

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be...

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with...

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with...

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once...

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once...

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of...

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of...

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...

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...

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

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

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

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...

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these...

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these...

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as...

Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as...

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything...

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything...

You would not tolerate for one moment the conduct in an individual that is commonplace...

You would not tolerate for one moment the conduct in an individual that is commonplace...