Life is nothing but a competition to be the crimin... -Bertrand Russell

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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Bertrand Russell , Philosopher
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Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. He made significant contributions to various fields of study, including philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics. Russell was also an outspoken advocate for peace, human rights, and nuclear disarmament.

Bertrand Russell Quotes to Explore

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons....
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country....
War does not determine who is right - only who is left....
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and wom...
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved....
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact....
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education....
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change....
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery....
Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting me...

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I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random....
Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning....
I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We...
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else....
Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present m...
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose....
To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution....
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul....
No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life....
Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself....