Difficult Quotes by Bertrand Russell

16 Difficult quotes by Bertrand Russell

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When you need a rational, philosophical lens on life’s obstacles, Russell’s sixteen reflections provide just that. His analytic style dissects the nature of hardship, urging a calm, reasoned response to the demanding aspects of existence.

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If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than…

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To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by…

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To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.

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“To endure uncertainity is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues.”

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“Knowledge, as opposed to fantasies of wish fulfilment, is difficult to come by.”

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I FIND IT SO DIFFICULT NOT TO HATE, WHEN I DO NOT HATE I FEEL WE FEW ARE SO LONELY IN THE…

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The argument against the persecution of opinion does not depend upon what the excuse for persecution may be. The argument is that…

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To the young I should offer two maxims: Don't accept superficial solutions of difficult problems. It is better to do a little…

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Aristotle's metaphysics, roughly speaking, may be described as Plato diluted by common sense. He is difficult because Plato and common sense do…

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The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. The experimental habit of mind is…

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I have found, for example, that if I have to write upon sum rather difficult topic, the best plan is to think…

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Man is a rational animal—so at least I have been told. … Aristotle, so far as I know, was the first man…

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The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are…

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There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is…

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At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor. ... I had not imagined that there was…

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A word is used "correctly" when the average hearer will be affected by it in the way intended. This is a psychological,…

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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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That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers…

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All movements go too far.

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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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“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.”

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“Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This…

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There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the…

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