We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know... - Bertrand Russell

"The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible."

"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."

"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."

"Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery."

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