More quotes by Bertrand Russell

"It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it. His beliefs are tentative, not dogmatic; they are based on evidence, not on authority or intuition."
"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."
"Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery."
"To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness."
"Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give."