In all things, it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted.

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In all things, it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted.

-- Bertrand Russell

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In the Second World War he took no public part, having escaped to a neutral country just before its outbreak. In private conversation he was wont to say that homicidal lunatics were well employed in killing each other, but that sensible men would keep out of their way while they were doing it. Fortunately this outlook, which is reminiscent of Bentham, has become rare in this age, which recognizes that heroism has a value independent of its utility. The Last Survivor of a Dead Epoch

-- Bertrand Russell

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The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

-- Bertrand Russell

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The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

-- Bertrand Russell

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In all things, it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted. –

-- Bertrand Russell

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There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal as a human being to human beings; remember your humanity, and forget the rest.

-- Bertrand Russell

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