Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense... - Bertrand Russell

"Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts."

"To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness."

"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."

"Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery."