To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life flowing on from the first…

Quote by Bertrand Russell

Topics: Elderly Quotes, Happiness Quotes

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful...

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful...

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

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...

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

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

I believe in using words, not fists... I believe in my outrage knowing people are...

I believe in using words, not fists... I believe in my outrage knowing people are...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one...

An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one...

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this...

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this...

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds...

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds...

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the...

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the...

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual...

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual...

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...

I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those...

I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those...

The root of the matterï¿½ the thing I meanï¿½ is love, Christian love, or compassion....

The root of the matterï¿½ the thing I meanï¿½ is love, Christian love, or compassion....

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Drunkenness is temporary suicide.

Drunkenness is temporary suicide.

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a...

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a...