"Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than……" — Bertrand Russell
"Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one."
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Bertrand Russell
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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell
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That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to…
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I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan…
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If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.
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But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done…
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second…
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One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think…
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Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without…
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Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in…
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Drunkeness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.
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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way…
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You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with…
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A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with…
— Melody Beattie
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All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these…
— Martha Beck
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When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting…
— Victoria Beckham
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I have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom…
— Christina Aguilera
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I'm controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult…
— Sandra Bullock
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I like lists, I'm controlling, I like order. I'm difficult on every level.
— Sandra Bullock
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In a global race, can we really justify the huge number of expensive peripheral European institutions? Can we justify a…
— David Cameron
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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
— James Allen
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You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise…
— James Lane Allen
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The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling…
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