“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”
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The Prologue to Bertrand Russell's Autobiography
More from Bertrand Russell
“We know too much, and feel too little.”
“Love is wise – Hatred is foolish.”
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”