Bertrand Russell
View AuthorMathematics possess not only truth, but also a certain supreme beauty. A cold and austere beauty, like that of a sculpture.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorNo matter how eloquently a dog barks, it can never tell you that its parents were poor but honest.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorWhat men really want is not knowledge but certainty.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorAll human activity is motivated by desire or impulse.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorThe ability of science to survive in the long run depends on psychology; that is, it depends on what human beings desire.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorThe prudent man only thinks about his difficulties when it serves a purpose. When it doesn't, he thinks about something else.
José Saramago
View AuthorThe only ones interested in changing the world are the pessimists, because the optimists are delighted with what is.
José Saramago
View AuthorTime is a master of ceremonies who always ends up putting us in our rightful place. We move forward, stop, and even go backward according to its orders. Our mistake is to imagine that we can outsmart it.
José Saramago
View AuthorWhat is the use of regret if it doesn't erase anything that has happened? The best kind of regret is simply to change.
José Saramago
View AuthorJoy and pain are not like oil and water, but rather coexist.
José Saramago
View AuthorTime is not a rope that can be measured knot by knot, time is an oblique and undulating surface that only memory is capable of making move and approach.
José Saramago
View AuthorA person's identity is not defined by the name they have, the place they were born, or the date they came into the world. A person's identity simply consists of being, and being cannot be denied.