Reads tagged with “Bertrand Russell”

A Largeness of Contemplation: Bertrand Russell on Intuition, the Intellect, and the Nature of Time
“Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.”

The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
“Nothing in the world is more exciting than a moment of sudden discovery or invention, and many more people are capable of experiencing such moments than is sometimes thought.”

In Defense of Boredom: 200 Years of Ideas on the Virtues of Not-Doing from Some of Humanity’s Greatest Minds
Bertrand Russell, Søren Kierkegaard, Andrei Tarkovsky, Susan Sontag, Adam Phillips, Renata Adler, and more.

Bertrand Russell on the Vital Role of Boredom and “Fruitful Monotony” in Human Flourishing
“A generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation… in whom every vital impulse slowly withers, as though they were cut flowers in a vase.”

In Which Bertrand Russell and George Bernard Shaw Collide on Their Bicycles
“Still I am not thoroughly convinced yet that I was not killed. Anybody but a vegetarian would have been.”

Elevating Resolutions for the New Year Inspired by Some of Humanity’s Greatest Minds
Cultivate honorable relationships, resist absentminded busyness, tell the world how to treat you, embrace enoughness, and more.

The Key to the Good Life: Bertrand Russell on Love and How to Stop Limiting Your Happiness
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Neither love without knowledge, nor knowledge without love can produce a good life.”

Bertrand Russell on Immortality, Why Religion Exists, and What “The Good Life” Really Means
“There are forces making for happiness, and forces making for misery. We do not know which will prevail, but to act wisely we must be aware of both.”

Happy Birthday, Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 21 Essential Reads on Education
Bertrand Russell, Richard Feynman, Susan Sontag, Noam Chomsky, Isaac Asimov, Kio Stark, and more.

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