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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

English philosopher and mathematician

Lived from: 1872 - 1970

Category: Philosophers | Scientists Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 18 may 1872 Died: 2 february 1970

  • The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.
  • Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

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  • Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven.
    Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 19
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  • There will still be things that machines cannot do. They will not produce great art or great literature or great philosophy; they will not be able to discover the secret springs of happiness in the human heart; they will know nothing of love and friendship.
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  • Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love.
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  • Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.
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  • Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.
    The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1872-1914
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  • Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
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  • Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
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  • Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
    Human Society in Ethics and Politics
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  • Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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  • Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.
    Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68
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  • The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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  • The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.
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  • The root of the matter… the thing I mean… is love, Christian love, or compassion. If you feel this, you have a motive for existence, a guide for action, a reason for courage, an imperative necessity for intellectual honesty.
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  • Three passions simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life; the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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  • To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
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What are the most famous quotes from Bertrand Russell?

The two most famous quotes from Bertrand Russell are:

  • "Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven."
  • "There will still be things that machines cannot do. They will not produce great art or great literature or great philosophy; they will not be able to discover the secret springs of happiness in the human heart; they will know nothing of love and friendship."

When did Bertrand Russell live?

Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in the year 1970.