Quote by Bertrand Russell
The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours. – Bertrand Russell

Other quotes by Bertrand Russell

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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Evolution
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Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earths surface relative to other matter second, telling other people to do so. – Bertrand Russell

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work
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Other Quotes from
Humankind
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Man — a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. – Alexander Hamilton

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Humankind

Men are cruel, but Man is kind. – Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, 1916

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Humankind

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. – Erich Fromm, Man for Himself, 1947

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Humankind

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. – Voltaire

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Being pretty on the inside means you don’t hit your brother and you eat all your peas — that’s what my grandma taught me. – Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old named Jennie

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Brothers

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still retains vividly those of earlier years. – Charlotte Bronte

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Age

God is growing bitter, He envies man his mortality. – Jacques Rigaut, Pensées

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Death

It is better to know nothing than to know what aint so. – Josh Billings

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Attitude