Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

· 1872 - 1970 · 239 kata bijak

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He influenced mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic philosophy.

Bertrand Russell

Sukses

Where envy is unavoidable it must be used as a stimulus to one’s own efforts, not to the thwarting of the efforts of rivals.

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Bertrand Russell

Keberanian

Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

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Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

The centre of me is always and eternally in terrible pain ... A searching for something beyond what the world contains, something transﬁguring and inﬁnite.

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Bertrand Russell

Motivasi

The more we realize our minuteness and our impotence in the face of cosmic forces the more astonishing becomes what human beings have achieved.

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Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

Real life is to most men ... a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible.

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Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

The central problem of our age is how to act decisively in the absence of certainty.

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Bertrand Russell

Pernikahan

It is only in marriage with the world that our ideals can bear fruit divorced from it they remain barren.

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Bertrand Russell

Keberanian

Those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

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Bertrand Russell

Nasihat

Mathematics possesses not only truth but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere like that of a sculpture.

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Bertrand Russell

Cinta

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

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Bertrand Russell

Keberanian

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

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Bertrand Russell

Waktu

'Change' is scientific 'progress' is ethical change is indubitable whereas progress is a matter of controversy.

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Bertrand Russell

Kebahagiaan

Man needs for his happiness not only the enjoyment of this or that but hope and enterprise and change.

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Bertrand Russell

Motivasi

To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.

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Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

Every man wherever he goes is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move with him like flies on a summer day.

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Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard chiefly I think because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

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Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself.

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Bertrand Russell

Kepemimpinan

Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.

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Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

Most people would die sooner than think in fact they do.

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