My first advice (on how not to grow old) would be to choose your ancestors carefully. Although both my parents died young, I have done well in this respect as regards my other ancestors. My maternal grandfather, it is true, was cut off in the flower of his youth, at the age of sixty-seven, but […]
Bertrand Russell Quotes
I was much cheered upon my arrival (in prison) by the warden at the gate who had to take particulars about me. He asked my religion, and I replied, “Agnostic.” He asked how to spell it, and remarked with a sigh, “Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God.”
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things.
A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.
A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so hard in obtaining the necessaries that little energy is left over for the other purposes; but those whose livelihood is assured do not, on that account, cease to be active. Xerxes had no lack of food or raiment or wives […]
What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it’s easy to have glory without power. The people who enjoy the greatest glory in the United States are film stars, but they can be put in their place by the committee for Un-American Activities, which enjoys no glory whatever.
To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
