Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it. Bertrand Russell

Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven. Bertrand Russell

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy. Bertrand Russell

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. Bertrand Russell

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness… Bertrand Russell

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. Bertrand Russell

To fear love is to fear life. And those who fear life are already three parts dead. Bertrand Russell

Civilised peoplpe cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love. Bertrand Russell

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.  Bertrand Russell