Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Quotaria - Bertrand Russell

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there
is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
- Bertrand Russell

One of the symptoms of an approaching
nervous breakdown is the belief that
one's work is terribly important.
- Bertrand Russell


Most people would sooner die than
think; in fact, they do so.
- Bertrand Russel

"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe
something; in the absence of good grounds for
belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."
- Bertrand Russell

"To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the
last product of civilization, and at present very
few people have reached this level."
- Bertrand Russell

"Everything is vague to a degree
you do not realize till you have
tried to make it precise."
- Bertrand Russell

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