Bertrand Russell

Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery.

Bertrand Russell

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Bertrand Russell

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.

Bertrand Russell

Happiness is promoted by associations of persons with similar tastes and similar opinions.

Bertrand Russell

Having made the decision, do not revise it unless some new fact comes to your knowledge. Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

Bertrand Russell

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

Bertrand Russell

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

Bertrand Russell

In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

Bertrand Russell

It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.

Bertrand Russell

It’s not what you have lost, but what you have left that counts.

Bertrand Russell