“One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.” Has BeensSelfGoalEducatedVanitySelf Education Author:Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“I have been merely oppressed by the weariness and tedium and vanity of things lately: nothing stirs me, nothing seems worth doing or worth having done: the only thing that I strongly feel worth while would be to murder as many people as possible so as to diminish the amount of consciousness in the world. These times have to be lived through: there is nothing to be done with them.” PeopleWorldFeelsHas BeensDoneSeemsWould BeConsciousnessAmountMurderVanityOppressedDiminishWearinessTedium Book:The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1872-1914 Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1872-1914