The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational, that is to say, a reasonable man may reasonably rejoice in its existence

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed

Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed

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...

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

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...

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief...

Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief...

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more...

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more...

It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can and should...

It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can and should...

All human activity is prompted by desire

All human activity is prompted by desire

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

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

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are...

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are...

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose you ancestors...

My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose you ancestors...

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

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

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...

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it...

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it...

Another term for balloon is bad breath holder.

Another term for balloon is bad breath holder.

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird....

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird....