"The luxury to disparage freedom is the privilege……" — Bertrand Russell
"The luxury to disparage freedom is the privilege of those who already possess it."
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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell has 824 quotes on this site.
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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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Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because…
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You take a weakness and start making it stronger.. You don't have to build your strengths - that you already…
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Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.
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God reminds us again and again that things between He and us are forever fixed. They are the rendezvous points…
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Everything you desire is always just outside your comfort zone, dear boy. If it wasn't you would already possess it,…
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If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give…
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I need no fantasies to belittle the great treasures that I already possess.
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If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it…
— Joseph Addison
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In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We…
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You don't meditate to experiment with altered states of consciousness or whatever else. You meditate only to perceive by yourself…
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I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I…
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Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
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