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.
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Bertrand RussellThe Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (1967)
About Bertrand Russell
British philosopher, logician and Nobel laureate in Literature. (1872-1970)
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- 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)
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