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Quote of Bertrand Russell - The degree of one's emotions varies...


Biography - Bertrand Russell:

British philosopher, logician and mathematician.
Born: 1872 - Died: 1970
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.



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Quotes for: fact


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Quotes for: fact


What's done cannot be undone.





It is very obvious that we are not influenced by “facts” but by our interpretation of the facts.





To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.





The thing done avails, and not what is said about it. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.





When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: What are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts.





Facts have to be discovered by observation, not by reasoning.











Quotes for: knowledge


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Quotes for: knowledge


True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.





Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.





It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.





The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.





Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.





Human wisdom consists in a knowledge of the order in which it is profitable to know things;











Quotes for: emotion


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Quotes for: emotion


Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.





The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.





There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.





I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.





My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.





We call 'happiness' a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.











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Bertrand Russell also said...


Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.





To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.





Humankind has become so much one family that we cannot ensure our own prosperity except by ensuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.





I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.





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





To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.












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