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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It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if...

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if...

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

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

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means...

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means...

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.

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...

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,...

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,...

A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so...

A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so...

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

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...

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously

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...

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.

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 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

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the...

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the...

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief...

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief...

They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined...

They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he...