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Bertrand Russell

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Quotes by Bertrand Russell

"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."
"Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy."
"And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence"
"Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give."
"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead."
"We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power."
"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead."
"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."
"There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it."
"There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal as a human being to human beings; remember your humanity, and forget the rest."