What did Bertrand Russell mean by: Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England Copy
Religions which have any very strong hold over men’s actions have generally some instinctive basis. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Influence, Instinct, Religion, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
More cranks take up unfashionable errors than unfashionable truths. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Error, Fashion, Truth, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more of mathematics. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Curiosity, Mathematics, Resilience, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
+ We must be skeptical even of our skepticism. Author, October 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Certainty, Doubt, Skepticism, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
In considering irregular appearances, there are certain very natural mistakes which must be avoided. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Appearance, Mistakes, Nature, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
One’s work is never so bad as it appears on bad days, nor so good as it appears on good days. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Balance, Perception, Work, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
To create a healthy philosophy you should renounce metaphysics but be a good mathematician. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Mathematics, Metaphysics, Philosophy, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
[One] must look into hell before one has any right to speak of heaven. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Perspective, Redemption, Suffering, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Don’t wait to be happy to laugh… You may die and never have laughed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
