About Bertrand Russell

British philosopher, logician and Nobel laureate in Literature. (1872-1970)

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More from Bertrand Russell

• The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.What I Believe (1925)
• 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)
• 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)

More quotes on communication

• We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.Toni Morrison
• Definitions belonged to the definers, not the defined.Toni Morrison
• Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.George Orwell
• Never use a long word where a short one will do.George Orwell
• If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.George Orwell

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