The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
What I Believe (1925)
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Bertrand Russell quotes
1872-1970 ยท Philosophers and ancient wisdom
British philosopher, logician and Nobel laureate in Literature.
7 quotes, 7 traced to where Russell said or wrote them.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
'The Triumph of Stupidity', Mortals and Others (1933)
One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
'A Liberal Decalogue', New York Times Magazine (1951)
Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
'A Liberal Decalogue', New York Times Magazine (1951)
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (1967)