 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Two minutes a year, on Armistice Day, are given to silence, and all the other minutes of the year to largely futile bustle. The proportion is wrong; if the silence were longer, the bustle would be less futile.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The decay of meditation (written in Nov. 7, 1931 and pub. in 1975 in Mortals and Others, v.1,
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This statement by Russell was made in 1931, so World War I was used as an example, but the situation is similar today after World War II. In Japan, however, it is not possible to endure two minutes of silent prayer.
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