Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the...

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the...

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

I have sought love because in the union of love I have seen, in a...

I have sought love because in the union of love I have seen, in a...

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....

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it...

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it...

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with...

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with...

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

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...

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...

If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate...

If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate...

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without, being paralyzed by hesitation, is...

To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without, being paralyzed by hesitation, is...

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

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

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others

I hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more...

I hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more...