Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
-Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell Quotes – Collective fear stimulates herd instinct..
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
-Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell Quotes – Fear is the main source of superstition..
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
Bertrand Russell Quotes – None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear..
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
-Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell Quotes – To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom..
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
-Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell Quotes – The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible..
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell Quotes – A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life..
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.
-Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell Quotes – Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires..
Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.
-Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell Quotes – Dogmatism and skepticism are both..
Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.
-Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell Quotes – The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming..
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.
-Bertrand Russell