Bertrand Russell — "It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searchin…"

"The only thing that I strongly feel worthwhile would be to murder as many people as possible so as to diminish the amount of consciousness in the world."

"The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible."

"I feel I shall find the truth on my deathbed and be surrounded by people too stupid to understand—fussing about medicines instead of searching for wisdom."

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."

"I have found that the greatest joy in life is to be able to do what you want to do."