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“A life devoted to science is therefore a happy life, and its happiness is derived from the very best sources that are open to dwellers on this troubled and passionate planet.”

Quote by Bertrand Russell

Book:Mysticism and Logic

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Mysticism and Logic

This book delves into the conceptual relationship between mystical experiences and the principles of logical thought, examining how these two realms may be interconnected. more

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, mathematician, and logician born on May 18, 1872, and died on February 2, 1970. He is known for his contributions to logic and mathematics, particularly in the fields of mathematical logic and philosophical analysis. His works spanned a wide range of subjects, including ethics, political philosophy, history, and literary criticism. more

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“All traditional logic habitually assumes that precise symbols are being employed. It is therefore not applicable to this terrestial life but only to an imagined celestial existence... logic takes us nearer to heaven than other studies.”

Heaven Existence Study Logic Assuming Traditional Symbols Precise Employed Celestial

Author:Bertrand Russell

“I went to Salt Lake City and the Mormons tried to convert me, but when I found they forbade tea and tobacco I thought it was no religion for me.”

Found Cities Tea Lakes Salt Tobacco Salt Lake City

Book:Autobiography

Source: Autobiography

“I believe that Communism is necessary to the world, and I believe that the heroism of Russia has fired men's hopes in a way which was essential to the realization of Communism in the future. Regarded as a splendid attempt, without which ultimate success would have been very improbable, Bolshevism deserves the gratitude and admiration of all the progressive part of mankind.”

Source: Bolshevism: practice and theory

“The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The only alteration they are likely to desire in the status quo is an increase of bureaucracy and the power of bureaucrats.”

Long Different States Desire Purpose Differences Comfortable Increase Drawing Income Officials Collections Bureaucracy Status Quo Bureaucrats Alterations

Author:Bertrand Russell

“I do not believe that science per se is an adequate source of happiness, nor do I think that my own scientific outlook has contributed very greatly to my own happiness, which I attribute to defecating twice a day with unfailing regularity.”

Thinking Believe My Own Source Attributes Outlook Adequate Regularity Source Of Happiness My Own Happiness

Book:Autobiography

Source: Autobiography

“I think people who are unhappy are always proud of being so, and therefore do not like to be told that there is nothing grand about their unhappiness. A man who is melancholy because lack of exercise has upset his liver always believes that it is the loss of God, or the menace of Bolshevism, or some such dignified cause that makes him sad. When you tell people that happiness is a simple matter, they get annoyed with you.”

People Thinking Men Believe Matter Causes Loss Simple Proud Exercise Unhappy Upset Unhappiness Melancholy Always Believe Annoyed Menace Liver Bolshevism

Book:Autobiography

Source: Autobiography

“Owing to the identification of religion with virtue, together with the fact that the most religious men are not the most intelligent, a religious education gives courage to the stupid to resist the authority of educated men, as has happened, for example, where the teaching of evolution has been made illegal. So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence; and in this respect ministers of religion follow gospel authority more closely than in some others.”

Source: Education and the Social Order

“I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and too little to the positive merit of enjoying their company.”

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Book:In praise of idleness: and other essays

Source: In praise of idleness: and other essays

“Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilization than it is among savages. And the subjection is always reinforced by morality.”

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Book:Russell on Ethics: Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell

Source: Russell on Ethics: Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell

“I do not believe that I am now dreaming, but I cannot prove that I am not. I am, however, quite certain that I am having certain experiences, whether they be those of a dream or those of waking life.”

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Book:Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Value

Source: Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Value