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The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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A world full of happiness is not beyond human power to create the obstacles imposed by inanimate nature are not insuperable. The real obstacles lie in the heart of man, and the cure for these is a firm hope, informed and fortified by thought.
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Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.
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All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority faced virulent public opposition.
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An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.
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To fear love is to fear life.
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Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
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Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.
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I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of cowardice, which in any other sphere would be considered contemptible. But when it is in the religious sphere it is thought admirable, and I cannot admire cowardice whatever sphere it is in.
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The satisfaction to be derived from success in a great constructive enterprise is one of the most massive that life has to offer.
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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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When all experts agree, you need to watch out.
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If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think Man much to boast of as the final result of all my efforts.
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The axiomatic method has many advantages over honest work.
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Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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The Church no longer contends that knowledge is in itself sinful, though it did so in its palmy days but the acquisition of knowledge, even though not sinful, is dangerous, since it may lead to pride of intellect, and hence to a questioning of the Christian dogma.
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The supreme maxim in scientific philosophising is this: wherever possible, logical constructions are to be substituted for inferred entities.
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All serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive.
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I have come to realize that an early symptom of approaching mental illness is the belief that one's work is terribly important. If you consider your work very important you should take a day off.
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For the learning of every virtue there is an appropriate discipline, and for the learning of suspended judgment the best discipline is philosophy.
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