"Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge, And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind]. Love
brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness. In the union of love I have
seen In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision Of the heavens that
saints and poets have imagined.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of [people]. I have wished to know why the stars shine.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of [people]. I have wished to know why the stars shine.
Love
and knowledge led upwards to the heavens, But always pity brought me
back to earth; Cries of pain reverberated in my heart Of children in
famine, of victims tortured And of old people left helpless. I long to
alleviate the evil, but I cannot, And I too suffer.
This has been my life; I found it worth living."
--- Bertrand Russel
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