To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perh... - 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."

"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."

"It is evident as a matter of logic that, since they (world religions) disagree, not more than one of them can be true."

"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."