The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours. – Bertrand Russell
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. – Bertrand Russell
The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love. – Bertrand Russell
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. – Bertrand Russell