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> [There are certain things that our age needs. It needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-are-certain-things-that-our-age-needs-it-needs-above-all/)

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> [The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-best-life-is-the-one-in-which-the-creative-impulses-play-the-2/)

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> [Opinions which justify cruelty are inspired by cruel impulses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/opinions-which-justify-cruelty-are-inspired-by-cruel-impulses/)

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> [a generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men, of men unduly divorced from the slow process of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-generation-that-cannot-endure-boredom-will-be-a-generation-of/)

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> [The teacher, like the artist, the philosopher, and the man of letters, can only perform his work adequately if he feels himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-teacher-like-the-artist-the-philosopher-and-the-man-of-letters/)

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> [Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/civilized-life-has-altogether-grown-too-tame-and-if-it-is-to-be/)

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> [The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-reformative-effect-of-punishment-is-a-belief-that-dies-hard/)

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> [A man's acts are partly determined by spontaneous impulse, partly by the conscious and unconscious effects of the various groups to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-man-s-acts-are-partly-determined-by-spontaneous-impulse-partly-by/)

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> [It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulses and not from the accidental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-is-essential-to-happiness-that-our-way-of-living-should-spring/)

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> [The teacher, like the artist and the philosopher, can perform his work adequately only if he feels himself to be an individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-teacher-like-the-artist-and-the-philosopher-can-perform-his-work/)

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> [A good social system is not to be secured by making people unselfish, but, by making their own vital impulses fit in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-good-social-system-is-not-to-be-secured-by-making-people-unselfish/)

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> [But courage in fighting is by no means the only form, nor perhaps even the most important. There is courage in facing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/but-courage-in-fighting-is-by-no-means-the-only-form-nor-perhaps-even/)

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> [Most men do not feel in themselves the competence required for leading their group to victory, and therefore seek out a captain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/most-men-do-not-feel-in-themselves-the-competence-required-for/)

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> [Civilized life, if it is to be stable, must provide a harmless outlets for the impulses which our remote ancestors satisfied in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/civilized-life-if-it-is-to-be-stable-must-provide-a-harmless-outlets/)

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> [The world that we must seek is a world in which the creative spirit is alive, in which life is an adventure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-world-that-we-must-seek-is-a-world-in-which-the-creative-spirit/)

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> [The practice of inhibiting impulses, which is to a great extent necessary to civilized life, makes mistakes easier, by preventing experience of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-practice-of-inhibiting-impulses-which-is-to-a-great-extent/)

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> [A life which goes excessively against natural impulse is... likely to involve effects of strain that may be quite as bad as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-life-which-goes-excessively-against-natural-impulse-is-likely-to/)

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> [The criminal law has, from the point of view of thwarted virtue, the merit of allowing an outlet for those impulses of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-criminal-law-has-from-the-point-of-view-of-thwarted-virtue-the/)

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> [The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-harm-that-theology-has-done-is-not-to-create-cruel-impulses-but/)

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> [Respectability, regularity, and routine - the whole cast-iron discipline of a modern industrial society - have atrophied the artistic impulse, and imprisoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/respectability-regularity-and-routine-the-whole-cast-iron-discipline/)

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> [There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-are-certain-things-that-our-age-needs-and-certain-things-that/)

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## Other authors on Impulse

## More by Bertrand Russell

> [ If the State does not acquire supremacy over \[vast private\] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-the-state-does-not-acquire-supremacy-over-vast-private-enterprises/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/that-the-world-is-in-a-bad-shape-is-undeniable-but-there-is-not-the/)

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> [All movements go too far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/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.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/those-who-advocate-common-usage-in-philosophy-sometimes-speak-in-a/)

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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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/such-in-outline-but-even-more-purposeless-more-void-of-meaning-is-the/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/dr-arnold-the-admired-reformer-of-public-schools-came-across-some/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/of-all-evils-of-war-the-greatest-is-the-purely-spiritual-evil-the/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/aristotle-maintained-that-women-have-fewer-teeth-than-men-although-he/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-an-opinion-contrary-to-your-own-makes-you-angry-that-is-a-sign/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-cannot-escape-from-the-conclusion-that-the-great-ages-of-progress/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-think-it-would-be-just-to-say-the-most-essential-characteristic-of/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-newspapers-at-one-time-said-that-i-was-dead-but-after-carefully/)

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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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/persecution-is-used-in-theology-not-in-arithmetic-because-in/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/many-orthodox-people-speak-as-though-it-were-the-business-of-sceptics/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-is-no-greater-reason-for-children-to-honour-parents-than-for/)

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