Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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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...

Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which...

Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which...

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance...

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance...

Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion...

Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion...

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are...

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are...

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

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,...

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...

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of...

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of...

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds...

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds...

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...

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

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

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

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children...

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children...

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is...

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is...