Uncertainty in the pressure of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales.
Bertrand RussellA man's acts are partly determined by spontaneous impulse, partly by the conscious and unconscious effects of the various groups to which he belongs.
Bertrand RussellNo Carthaginian denied Moloch, because to do so would have required more courage that was required to face death in battle.
Bertrand RussellTo be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.
Bertrand RussellAdventurous men enjoy shipwrecks, mutinies, earthquakes, conflagrations, and all kinds of unpleasant experiences. They say to themselves, for example, 'So this is what an earthquake is like,' and it gives them pleasure to have their knowledge of the world increased by this new item.
Bertrand Russell