With the wise man, what he has does not cease to be enjoyable because some one else has something else. Envy, in fact, is one form of vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves but only in their relations
Bertrand RussellThe man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon which his life is built.
Bertrand RussellNinguém senão um covarde escolheria conscientemente viver no paraíso dos tolos. Quando um homem suspeita da infidelidade de sua esposa, não lhe dizem que é melhor fechar os olhos à evidência. Não consigo ver a razão pela qual ignorar as evidências deveria ser desprezível em um caso e admirável no outro.
Bertrand RussellAdvocates of capitalism like to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
Bertrand RussellStichwörter: politics philosophy socialism
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so,it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that gaurds the door,and this dragon is religion
Bertrand RussellStichwörter: atheism
To endure uncertainity is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues.
Bertrand RussellFrom the standpoint of the upper classes, the system had many merits. They felt that what was paid out of the poor rate was charity, and therefore a proof of their benevolence; at the same time, wages were kept at starvation level by a method which just prevented discontent from developing into revolution...It was plainly the certainty, derived from the old Poor Law, that actual death would be averted by the parish authorities, which induced the rural poor of England to endure their misery patiently...it taught them respect for their 'betters'.While leaving all the wealth that they produced, beyond the absolute minimum required for subsistence, in the hands of the landowners and farmers. It was at this period that landowners built the sham Gothic ruins called 'follies', where they indulged in romantic sensibility about the past while they filled the present with misery and degradation.
Bertrand RussellStichwörter: exploitation charity the-poor
Pure mathematics consists entirely of assertions to the effect that, if such and such a proposition is true of anything, then such and such another proposition is true of that thing. It is essential not to discuss whether the first proposition is really true, and not to mention what the anything is, of which it is supposed to be true. [...] Thus mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. People who have been puzzled by the beginnings of mathematics will, I hope, find comfort in this definition, and will probably agree that it is accurate.
Bertrand RussellStichwörter: philosophy logic mathematics
The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Bertrand RussellA happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
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