Mathematics is, I believe, the chief source of the belief in eternal and exact truth, as well as a sensible intelligible world. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I do wish I believed in the life eternal, for it makes me quite miserable to think man is merely a kind… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The military superiority of Europe to Asia is not an eternal law of nature, as we are tempted to think, and our… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I hold all knowledge that is concerned with things that actually exist - all that is commonly called Science - to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A religious creed differs from a scientific theory in claiming to embody eternal and absolutely certain truth, whereas science is always tentative,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If life is to be fully human it must serve some end which seems, in some sense, outside human life, some end… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things-this is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The late F. W. H. Myers used to tell how he asked a man at a dinner table what he thought would… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
That which exists through itself is called The Eternal. The Eternal has neither name nor shape. It is the one essence, the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
“Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
