Quote by Bertrand Russell
The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of ph

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. – Bertrand Russell

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Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century. – Bertrand Russell

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There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less. – Bertrand Russell

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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. – Fran Lebowitz

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In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity. – Paulo Coelho

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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. – Condoleezza Rice

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