There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

Topics: Life Quotes

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest...

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest...

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

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the...

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the...

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...

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...

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from...

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from...

No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents...

No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents...

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...

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it...

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it...

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...

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can...

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can...

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...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

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...

The difference between mind and brain is not a difference of quality, but a difference...

The difference between mind and brain is not a difference of quality, but a difference...

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.

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because theyre not on your road...

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because theyre not on your road...

In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends...

In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends...

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.