Bertrand Russell

“Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.”

“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”

“Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.”

“Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter second, telling other people to do so.”

“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.”

“A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.”