Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety.

Bertrand Russell


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Men have physical needs, and they have emotions. While physical needs are unsatisfied, they take first place; but when they are satisfied, emotions unconnected with them become important in deciding whether a man is to be happy or unhappy.

Bertrand Russell


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It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone's malignity.

Bertrand Russell


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Human nature being what it is, people will insist upon getting some pleasure out of life.

Bertrand Russell


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Very few people are able to discount the effect of circumstances upon their own characters.

Bertrand Russell


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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.

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Stupidity and unconscious bias often work more damage than venality.

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Knowledge exists, and good will exists; but both remain impotent until they possess the proper organs for making themselves heard.

Bertrand Russell


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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.

Bertrand Russell


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It is evident as a matter of logic that, since they (world religions) disagree, not more than one of them can be true.

Bertrand Russell

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