Quote by Bertrand Russell
If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all. – Bertrand Russell

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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. – Bertrand Russell

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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. – Bertrand Russell

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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. – Bertrand Russell

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There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite. – Charles Baudelaire

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Offer unto me that which is very dear to thee — which thou holdest most covetable. Infinite are the results of such an offering. – Bhagavad Gita

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While many people are trying to be in tune with infinite, what they really are is in tune with the indefinite. – Eric Butterworth

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The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed. – Joseph Brodsky

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