A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is. – Bertrand Russell
I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe – because, like Spinozas God, it wont love us in return. – Bertrand Russell
Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. – Bertrand Russell
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
You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in – in 2007, we just didnt know it was uncertain. It was – uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didnt know it. – Warren Buffett