Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children.
Bertrand RussellFor some reason which I have failed to understand, many people like the system [scientific totalitarianism] when it is Russian but disliked the very same system when it was German. I am compelled to think that this is due to the power of labels; these people like whatever is labelled ‘Left’ without examining whether the label has any justification.
Bertrand RussellOne of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
Bertrand Russell