Circumstances Quotes by Bertrand Russell

One of the most painful circumstances of recent advances in science is that each one makes us know less than we thought…

— Bertrand Russell

“Very few people are able to discount the effect of circumstances upon their own characters.”

— Bertrand Russell

Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself.

— Bertrand Russell

When we have told how things behave when they are electrified, and under what circumstances they are electrified, we have told all…

— Bertrand Russell

Only in thought is man a God; in action and desire we are the slaves of circumstance.

— Bertrand Russell

It is in the nature of imperialism that citizens of the imperial power are always among the last to know-or care-about circumstances…

— Bertrand Russell

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than…

— Bertrand Russell

In emancipation from the fears that beset the slave of circumstance he will experience a profound joy, and through all the vicissitudes…

— Bertrand Russell

The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a…

— Bertrand Russell

He will see himself and life and the world as truly as our human limitations will permit; realizing the brevity and minuteness…

— Bertrand Russell

From the height of their disillusionment they look down upon those whom they despise as simple souls. For my part I have…

— Bertrand Russell

Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the…

— Bertrand Russell