The secret of happiness is very simply this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interes… - Bertrand Russell

I have been merely oppressed by the weariness and tedium and vanity of things lately: nothing stirs me, nothing seems worth doing or worth having done: the only thing that I strongly feel worth while would be to murder as many people as possible so as to diminish the amount of consciousness in the world. These times have to be lived through: there is nothing to be done with them.

There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.

The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right