Bertrand Russell

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept. ”

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free. ”

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. ”

Sin is geographical. ”

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling? ”

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy. ”

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. ”

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. ”

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy. ”

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. ”