To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a cricket club to survive when all of its members are dead

Quote by Bertrand Russell

Topics: Cricket Quotes, Mind Quotes

If we could all live solitary and without labor, we could all enjoy this ecstasy...

If we could all live solitary and without labor, we could all enjoy this ecstasy...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

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....

Man, condemned today to lose his dearest, tomorrow himself to pass through the gate of...

Man, condemned today to lose his dearest, tomorrow himself to pass through the gate of...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically...

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...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.

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...

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...

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...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

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...

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I...

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I...

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such...

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such...

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your...

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your...

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation,...

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation,...