Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

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Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

-- Bertrand Russell

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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. –

-- 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 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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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

-- Bertrand Russell

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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

-- Bertrand Russell

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