Bertrand Russell1872–1970The quotations of
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician
1872–1970
105 quotes, most often on Anti-Religion, Philosophy and Thinking. Part of the Philosophers collection.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
The Conquest of Happiness (1930)Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
The Conquest of Happiness (1930)Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
The Conquest of Happiness (1930)The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
Said in conversation with Mrs. Alan Wood; quoted in Alan Wood’s Bertrand Russell, the Passionate Sceptic (Allen and Unwin, 1957), pp. 236-7- New Hopes for a Changing World (1951), Part I: Man and Nature, Ch. 1: Current Perplexities, p. 10
