“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
Fear“Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.”
Freedom“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
Fear“Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.”
Science“Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.”
Education“Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.”
Love“So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.”
Intelligence“The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.”
Great“If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.”
Happiness“Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.”
Power“The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.”
Happiness“I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.”
Happiness“The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.”
Power“Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.”
Respect“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
Happiness“It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.”
Age“Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.”
Power“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”
Happiness“Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.”
Courage“Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.”
Art“If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.”
Happiness“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
Fear