Aim Quotes by Bertrand Russell

11 Aim quotes by Bertrand Russell

For a swift intellectual lift, Russell’s brief reflections on aiming offer a measured, thoughtful lens on how we direct our energies.

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The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central…

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It appeared to me obvious that the happiness of mankind should be the aim of all action, and I discovered to my…

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Meantime, the world in which we exist has other aims. But it will pass away, burnt up in the fire of its…

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Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a…

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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals,…

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Science does not aim at establishing immutable truths and eternal dogmas; its aim is to approach the truth by successive approximations, without…

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If life is to be fully human it must serve some end which seems, in some sense, outside human life, some end…

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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition…

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Scientific societies are as yet in their infancy. It is to be expected that advances in physiology and psychology will give governments…

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In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than…

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Citizens as conceived by governments are persons who admire the status quo and are prepared to exert themselves for its preservation. Oddly…

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If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State.

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Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'

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“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,…

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Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone…

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Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict.

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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by…

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If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason…

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I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability.

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I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to…

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The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement…

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