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Personal Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- Bolshevism is to be reckoned with Mohammedanism rather than with Christianity and Buddhism. Christianity and Buddhism are primarily personal religions, with mystical doctrines and a…
- Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.
- A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
- If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to…
- Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to…
- Morality in sexual relations, when it is free from superstition, consists essentially in respect for the other person, and unwillingness to use that person solely…
- A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity…
- To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
More Personal Quotes
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest sympathies to… — Gerard Arpey
- I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my… — Isaac Asimov
- We have a way of dealing with information that has sort of personal - personally identifying information in it. But there are… — Julian Assange
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. — Marcus Aurelius
- I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive. — Peter Ackroyd
- High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make… — Joseph Barbera
- Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example. — Robert Baden-Powell
- I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large -… — Julianna Baggott
- No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you. — George Matthew Adams
- James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity. — Brigitte Bardot