Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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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...

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once...

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once...

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is...

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is...

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the...

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the...

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are...

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are...

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...

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...

This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one...

This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one...

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

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...

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...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

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 trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

All movements go too far.

All movements go too far.