"We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices…" -Bertrand Russell OC
"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind." -Bertrand Russell
This was from Bertrand Russell's prologue to his autobiography. Here is some more from that passage: http://www.users.drew.edu/~jlenz/br-prolog.html