Quote by Bertrand Russell
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell

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Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance. – Bertrand Russell

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Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with. – Robert Staughton Lynd

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Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. – Princess Diana

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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever

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Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor. – Emily Post

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The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith and that we realize that peace, no less than war, required blood and sweat and tears. – Charles Franklin Kettering

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Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens. – Wayne Dyer

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Could everything be done twice it would be done better. – Proverb

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