Quotes by Wish I wish that I had bridged the feminist movement and the anti-war movement better than I did. Bernardine Dohrn feminist wish war I am proud of the campaign that we ran. Obviously, I wish we could have done a little bit better. Bernie Sanders campaigns done wish I know the good Lord wouldn't give me any more than I can handle, but I sure wish he wouldn't have so much confidence in me. Bernie Williams lord wish giving The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be. Bernie Worrell fighting stories wish Love is the wish to give, not to receive. Bertolt Brecht wish love-is giving To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell wisdom wish world We may define "faith" as the firm belief in something for which there is no evidence. Where there is evidence, no one speaks of "faith." We do not speak of faith that two and two are four or that the earth is round. We only speak of faith when we wish to substitute emotion for evidence. The substitution of emotion for evidence is apt to lead to strife, since different groups, substitute different emotions. Bertrand Russell wish two religion People seem good while they are oppressed, but they only wish to become oppressors in their turn: life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. Bertrand Russell competition wish people If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy. Bertrand Russell seeing ifs wish The late F. W. H. Myers used to tell how he asked a man at a dinner table what he thought would happen to him when he died. The man tried to ignore the question, but, on being pressed, replied: "Oh well, I suppose I shall inherit eternal bliss, but I wish you wouldn't talk about such unpleasant subjects." Bertrand Russell tables wish men The whole conception of a God is a conception derived from the ancient oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of free men. We ought to stand up and look the world frankly in the face. We ought to make the best we can of the world, and if it is not so good as we wish, after all it will still be better than what these others have made of it in all these ages. Bertrand Russell age wish men When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted by what you wish to believe, but look only and surely at what are the facts. Bertrand Russell wish philosophy believe The world that I should wish to see would be one freed from the virulence of group hostilities and capable of realizing that happiness for all is to be derived rather from co-operation than from strife. I should wish to see a world in which education aimed at mental freedom rather than imprisoning the minds of the young in rigid armor of dogma calculated to protect them through life against the shafts of impartial evidence. Bertrand Russell armor wish mind Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. Bertrand Russell philosopher wish philosophy Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts. Bertrand Russell wish believe thinking Ethical metaphysics is fundamentally an attempt, however disguised, to give legislative force to our own wishes. Bertrand Russell wish giving philosophy Uncertainty in the pressure of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales. Bertrand Russell support wish comforting Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth. Bertrand Russell politics truth wish If you question any candid person who is no longer young, he is very likely to tell you that, having tasted life in this world, he has no wish to begin again as a "new boy" in another. Bertrand Russell wish boys world The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation ... it is common to wish well to oneself, but in our technically unified world, wishing well to oneself is sure to be futile unless it is combined with wishing well to others. Bertrand Russell cooperation wish world «1718192021222324252627»
