Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have...

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have...

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

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

Drunkenness is temporary suicide.

Drunkenness is temporary suicide.

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force...

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force...

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...

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means...

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means...

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...

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all...

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all...

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...

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

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

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of...

By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

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...

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening,...

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening,...

Voyage upon life's sea, To yourself be true, And, whatever your lot may be, Paddle...

Voyage upon life's sea, To yourself be true, And, whatever your lot may be, Paddle...