#hum

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. ↗

— John Ruskin

#ever #fish #free #great #however

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. ↗

— John Ruskin

#country #greatest #greatest number #happy #human

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. ↗

— John Ruskin

#does #ever #greatest #greatest thing #human

Moderation: a median with no means, praised by those with no misfortunes, practiced by those with no merits. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #moderation #funny

When I’m 42, I’ll have 21 years of experience being 21. I’ll be doubly prepared to handle myself in a bar, most likely by avoiding them altogether. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #funny #humor #odd #strange

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#disguise #elegant #happiness #hatred #human

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#crowd #fear #great #humanely #influence

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#because #god #human #i #like

Better to be in the arena getting stomped by the bulls, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#humor

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#continuity #human #human inventions #inventions #just