What did Bertrand Russell mean by: We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life. Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England Copy
A million million years gives us some time to prepare for the end . . . let us make the best of it. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Optimism, Preparation, Time, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Fear, Ruin, Thought, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone’s malignity. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Blame, Misfortune, Propensity, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
+ It’s coexistence or no existence. Author, August 13, 2023January 2, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Coexistence, Existence, Unity, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
When we look at a rock what we are seeing is not the rock, but the effect of the rock upon us. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Influence, Perception, Perspective, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
America… where law and custom alike are based upon the dreams of spinsters… Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Custom, Dreams, Law, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
The resistance to a new idea increases by the square of its importance. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Importance, Innovation, Resistance, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
If the West can claim superiority in anything, it is . . . in science and scientific technique. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Science, Superiority, West, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. Read explanation Jean Rostand Biologist · France
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
