Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Escape from boredom is one of the really powerful desires of almost all human beings. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The discipline in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Most human beings, though in varying degrees, desire to control, not only their own lives but also the lives of others — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping away of all other desires in the interest of the desire to know. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Only in thought is man a God; in action and desire we are the slaves of circumstance. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Look at me. Look at me is one of the fundamental desires of human heart. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Envy, in fact, is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves, but… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Without effort and change, human life cannot remain good. It is not a finished Utopia that we ought to desire, but a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The desire for legitimate offspring is, in fact, according to the Catholic Church, the only motive which can justify sexual intercourse. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Whether science-and indeed civilization in general-can long survive depends upon psychology, that is to say, it depends upon what human beings desire. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In action, in desire, we must submit perpetually to the tyranny of outside forces; but in thought, in aspiration, we are free,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Morality in sexual relations, when it is free from superstition, consists essentially in respect for the other person, and unwillingness to use… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping away of all other desires in the interests of the desire to know-it involves… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...]. The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
...I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things-this is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. We… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The practice of inhibiting impulses, which is to a great extent necessary to civilized life, makes mistakes easier, by preventing experience of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The feeling is one born of a too easy satisfaction of natural needs. The human animal, like others, is adapted to a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Undoubtedly the desire for food has been and still is one of the main causes of political events. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The world that we must seek is a world in which the creative spirit is alive, in which life is an adventure… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulses and not from the accidental… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
For my part, the thing I would wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security. But what the typical modern… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The really useful education is that which follows the direction of the child's own instinctive interests, supplying knowledge for which it is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal benevolence and at the same time derive… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Since this craving (for material possessions) is in the nature of competition, it only brings happiness when we outdistance a rival, to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
![“These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...]. The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to yourself. The second is: don't over-estimate your own merits. The third is: don't expect others to take as much interest in you as you do yourself. And the…” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f03/bertrand-russell-69_desire_these-illustrations-suggest-four-general_3090726.jpg)
![“If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State.” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bad/bertrand-russell-69_acquire_if-the-state-does-not-acquire-supremacy_1379.jpg)
