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

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty....

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty....

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...

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...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

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...

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been...

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been...

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with...

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with...

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...

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of...

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of...

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

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 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...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...

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.

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men,...

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men,...

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...

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark...

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark...

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find...

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find...

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable,...

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable,...