Bertrand Russell's famous sayings

1. War does not decide who is right, only who stays.

2. A beggar will not be jealous of a millionaire, but he will definitely be jealous of a beggar with a higher income.

3. If you can have fun wasting time, it is not a waste of time.

4. All great books have boring chapters, and all great men have boring moments in their lives.

5. A person's life should be like a river. It starts as a trickle, bound by narrow banks, and then rushes fiercely through boulders and over waterfalls. Gradually, the river widened, the banks on both sides receded, and the water flowed more calmly. Finally, it merges naturally into the sea and disappears itself painlessly.

6. Love will flourish only when it is free and unrestrained. The idea that love is some kind of obligation can only kill love. Just one sentence: You should love someone is enough to make you hate that person to the core.

7. If you get angry when you hear an opinion that is contrary to yours, it shows that you have subconsciously felt that there is no good reason for your opinion. If someone insisted that two plus two equals five, you would feel pity rather than anger.

8. I will never die for what I believe in because I might be wrong.

9. The problem with this world is that smart people are full of doubts, while fools are convinced.

10. The desire for love, the pursuit of knowledge, and the unstoppable sympathy for human suffering. These three pure and extremely strong passions dominate my life. These three passions were like hurricanes, blowing me here and there in a deep sea of ??suffering, blowing me to the brink of despair.

11. Free speech only exists when the government believes that it is safe.

12. Don’t blindly worship any authority, because you can always find the opposite authority.

13. Fear is the root of superstition and one of the main causes of cruelty. Wisdom begins with conquering fear.

14. People are born ignorant, but they are not stupid. Education makes people stupid.

15. Taking a long-term view is rational, but it is also depressing, because beauty is always in the future, and there is always suffering in the present.

16. Don’t be afraid of having unique opinions, because the common sense we accept now was once unique.

17. Giving up something you want is an integral part of a happy life.

18. The most fundamental shortcoming of fathers is that they want their children to win glory for themselves.

19. The reason why people are moral is because the temptations they receive are not big enough.

20. Overconfidence can easily lead to destructive arrogance.

21. One of the first signs of a nervous breakdown is the belief that your job is very, very important.

22. The so-called happy life must refer to a quiet life, because only in a quiet atmosphere can the real joy of life be produced.

23. Many people would rather die than think. In fact, they do not think until they die.

24. When the mind returns to the starting point, it has gained new awareness in the process.

25. China is the exception to all rules.