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Feelings Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- [Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that…
- If a philosophy is to bring happiness it should be inspired by kindly feelings. Marx pretended that he wanted the happiness of the proletariat; what…
- Nine-tenths of the appeal of pornography is due to the indecent feelings concerning sex which moralists inculcate in the young; the other tenth is physiological,…
- Mysticism is, in essence, little more than a certain intensity and depth of feeling in regard to what is believed about the universe.
- The frequency with which a man experiences lust depends upon his own physical condition, whereas the occasion which rouse such feelings in him depend upon…
- It may seem to your conceited to suppose that you can do anything important toward improving the lot of mankind. But this is a fallacy.…
- Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?
- The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.
- Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.
- Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possiblities…
- You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step…
- Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.
- No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them…
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- No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of… — Saint Augustine
- The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. — Teresa of Avila
- A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about… — Irving Babbitt
- When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have… — Lauren Bacall
- When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't give… — Lauren Bacall
- The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings. — Erykah Badu
- I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's… — Erykah Badu
- I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I… — Amy Adams
- Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself. — Andre Balazs