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Vital Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- An educator should think of a child as a garderner thinks of a plant, as something to be made to grow by having the right…
- I think periods of browsing during which no occupation is imposed from without are important in youth because they give time for the formation of…
- Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
- A good social system is not to be secured by making people unselfish, but, by making their own vital impulses fit in with other peoples.…
- a generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men, of men unduly divorced from the slow process of nature, of men…
- Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other,…
- Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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