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Biography: Bertrand Russell was a renowned British philosopher, logician, and soc... more Biography: Bertrand Russell was a renowned British philosopher, logician, and social critic. He is best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. Throughout his career, Russell wrote extensively on a wide range of subjects, championing social reform, education, and peace, earning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950. less
"To be free of fear is the best condition of the human mind."
Tags: Mindfulness, Mental health, Inner peace, Freedom, Psychology
"A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it."
Tags: Philosophy, Perception, Psychology, Reality, Judgment
"Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value."
Tags: Ethics, Society, Values, Community, Survival
"Each of us is in the world for no very long time, and should strive to comprehend at least a part of the world."
Tags: Personal growth, Philosophy, Wisdom, Self-awareness, Life
"The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell."
Tags: Philosophy, Human nature, Ethics, Morality, Good vs evil
"The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, the most admirable of human characteristics."
Tags: Personal growth, Wisdom, Learning, Knowledge, Education
"To realize the unimportance of time is the gate to wisdom."
Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Mindfulness, Perspective, Inner peace
"It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it."
Tags: Belief, Critical thinking, Science, Skepticism, Rationality
"The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile."
Tags: Personal growth, Positivity, Relationships, Happiness, Well-being
"The fundamental problem with the human species is an excess."
Tags: Philosophy, Human nature, Psychology, Existentialism, Human behavior
"There is less harm in the crime itself than in the callousness, cruelty, and indifference of most people towards those who commit it."
Tags: Empathy, Compassion, Humanity, Society, Morality
"Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons."
Tags: Human nature, Conflict, Sacrifice, Politics, Patriotism
"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim."
Tags: Philosophy, Life, Perspective, Human nature, Existence
"The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."
Tags: Inspiration, Wisdom, Growth, Perception, Awareness
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure, and the intelligent are full of doubt."
Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Self-awareness, Confidence, Intelligence
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