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«What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Life,
Zest
| Keywords:
hunger, in relation to, relation, relation to, zest
«Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
achieved, directly, seek
«It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
All My, animal, evidence, rational, searching, support
«I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is a rare exception. I had supposed that most people liked money better than almost anything else, but I discovered that they liked destruction even better. I had supposed that intellectuals frequently loved truth, but I found here again that not ten per cent of them prefer truth to popularity.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
cent, exception, intellectuals, PER, persuaded, per cent, popularity
«Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Heart,
Science,
Teachers and teaching
| Keywords:
allies, below, efforts, fit, imaginary, invent, look to, supports
«The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Emotion
| Keywords:
degree, emotions, facts, inversely, varies
«Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact»
«The teacher, like the artist and the philosopher, can perform his work adequately only if he feels himself to be an individual directed by an inner creative impulse, not dominated and fettered by an outside authority.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Teachers and teaching
| Keywords:
adequately, Creative impulse, creative work, directed, Directed By, dominated, fetter, fettered, impulse, in fetters, only if, perform, philosopher, The Philosopher, The Teacher
«More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Teachers and teaching
| Keywords:
curricula, curriculum, methods, teaching, The Question, The Spirit
«The root of the matter? the thing I mean? is love, Christian love, or compassion. If you feel this, you have a motive for existence, a guide for action, a reason for courage, an imperative necessity for intellectual honesty.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
guide, imperative, imperatives, Intellectual honesty, motive, root, the matter
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