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Quote by Bertrand Russell
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. - Bert

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. – Bertrand Russell

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If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation will you prefer the grain to the vote? – Bertrand Russell

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Perspective
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Bertrand Russell
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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other peoples happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. – Bertrand Russell

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Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening. – Henning Mankell

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Im a student of world religion, so to me, its hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing. – Will Smith

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The true nature of soul is right knowledge, right faith and right conduct. The soul, so long as it is subject to transmigration, is undergoing evolution and involution. – Virchand Gandhi

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Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. – Lord Chesterfield

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Say “Yes” to the seedlings and a giant forest cleaves the sky. Say “Yes” to the universe and the planets become your neighbors. Say “Yes” to dreams of love and freedom. It is the password to utopia. – Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun, 1951

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