366 ordspråk av Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell föddes den May 18th 1872 och dog den 2 February 1970
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 Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires. |
| Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favor of war, pestilence and famine as permanent features of human life |
| Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory of man. |
| Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free. |
| Three passions have governed my life: The longings for love, the search for knowledge, And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind]. Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness. In the union of love I have seen In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined. With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of [people]. I have wished to know why the stars shine. Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens, But always pity brought me back to earth; Cries of pain reverberated in my heart |
| 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. |
| Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the gradual loss of belief, but when the process was completed, I found to my surprise that I was quite glad to be done with the whole subject |
| Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you. |
| To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it. |
| To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy |
| To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement |
| To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. |
| To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life flowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future. |
| To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. |
| To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force of tradition and tyranny of his own passions. |
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