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Individual Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- Love, children, and work, are the great sources of fertilizing contact between the individual and the rest of the world.
- [Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that…
- Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief if measured in astronomical scale
- He will see himself and life and the world as truly as our human limitations will permit; realizing the brevity and minuteness of human life,…
- The teacher, like the artist and the philosopher, can perform his work adequately only if he feels himself to be an individual directed by an…
- Scientific societies are as yet in their infancy. It is to be expected that advances in physiology and psychology will give governments much more control…
- An individual human existence should be like a river
- 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.…
- All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority faced virulent public…
- Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both…
- To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will…
- You must believe that you can help bring about a better world. A good society is produced only by good individuals, just as truly as…
- To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will…
More Individual Quotes
- Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and… — David Attenborough
- Younger people have greatest fears. Why is that? Because they don't know the plot. They don't know their own individual plot... they… — Margaret Atwood
- Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo
- For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. — Irving Babbitt
- I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it. — Michele Bachmann
- The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy. — Michele Bachmann
- I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family is, what… — Michele Bachmann
- The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion -… — Michele Bachmann
- An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. — Robert Baden-Powell
- A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by… — Alain Badiou