Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of...

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of...

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been...

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been...

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves,...

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves,...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

The man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man; neither was...

The man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man; neither was...

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...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based...

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically...

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...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

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...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly...

If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly...

It's a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just...

It's a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just...

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...

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are...

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are...