Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
From Bertrand Russell
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.
Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.
I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.
Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.
To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is a name.
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