--- title: "14 Degrees Quotes By Bertrand Russell" description: "14 Degrees quotes by Bertrand Russell. Plus more from Bertrand Russell and more Degrees sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/bertrand-russell-69_control_most-human-beings-though-in-varying-degr_2671969.jpg" --- > [Most human beings, though in varying degrees, desire to control, not only their own lives but also the lives of others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/most-human-beings-though-in-varying-degrees-desire-to-control-not/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/bertrand-russell-69_control_most-human-beings-though-in-varying-degr_2671969.jpg) > [The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-degree-of-one-s-emotions-varies-inversely-with-one-s-knowledge-of-2/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/bertrand-russell-69_degrees_the-degree-of-one-s-emotions-varies-inve_3224040.jpg) > [I am not myself in any degree ashamed of having changed my opinions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-am-not-myself-in-any-degree-ashamed-of-having-changed-my-opinions/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/bertrand-russell-69_acceptance_i-am-not-myself-in-any-degree-ashamed-of_3016497.jpg) > [I have throughout been curious about how much we can be said to know and with what degree of certainty or doubtfulness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-have-throughout-been-curious-about-how-much-we-can-be-said-to-know/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/bertrand-russell-69_certainty_i-have-throughout-been-curious-about-how_797847.jpg) > [Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/everything-is-vague-to-a-degree-you-do-not-realize-till-you-have/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/bertrand-russell-69_clarity_everything-is-vague-to-a-degree-you-do-n_256087.jpg) > [What was exciting in the Victorian Age, would leave a man of franker epoch quite unmoved. The more prudes restrict the permissible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/what-was-exciting-in-the-victorian-age-would-leave-a-man-of-franker/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/bertrand-russell-69_age_what-was-exciting-in-the-victorian-age-w_3012580.jpg) > [A habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree or certainty which the evidence warrants, would,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-habit-of-basing-convictions-upon-evidence-and-of-giving-to-them/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/bertrand-russell-69_certainty_a-habit-of-basing-convictions-upon-evide_2494029.jpg) > [All that passes for knowledge can be arranged in a hierarchy of degrees of certainty, with arithmetic and the facts of perception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-that-passes-for-knowledge-can-be-arranged-in-a-hierarchy-of/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/bertrand-russell-69_arithmetic_all-that-passes-for-knowledge-can-be-arr_1605331.jpg) > [We are ... led to a somewhat vague distinction between what we may call "hard" data and "soft" data. This distinction is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/we-are-led-to-a-somewhat-vague-distinction-between-what-we-may-call/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/bertrand-russell-69_clear_we-are-led-to-a-somewhat-vague-distincti_1793640.jpg) > [There is exactly the same degree of possibility and likelihood of the existence of the Christian God as there is of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-is-exactly-the-same-degree-of-possibility-and-likelihood-of-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/bertrand-russell-69_alternatives_there-is-exactly-the-same-degree-of-poss_2999921.jpg) > [When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/when-one-admits-that-nothing-is-certain-one-must-i-think-also-admit/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/bertrand-russell-69_barren_when-one-admits-that-nothing-is-certain_1117805.jpg) > [Philosophy, for Plato, is a kind of vision, the 'vision of truth'...Everyone who has done any kind of creative work has experienced,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/philosophy-for-plato-is-a-kind-of-vision-the-vision-of-truth-everyone/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/bertrand-russell-69_art_philosophy-for-plato-is-a-kind-of-vision_514953.jpg) > [History is valuable, to begin with, because it is true; and this, though not the whole of its value, is the foundation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/history-is-valuable-to-begin-with-because-it-is-true-and-this-though/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/bertrand-russell-69_conditions_history-is-valuable-to-begin-with-becaus_1686751.jpg) > [Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/ever-since-men-became-capable-of-free-speculation-their-actions-in/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/bertrand-russell-69_action_ever-since-men-became-capable-of-free-sp_1630380.jpg) ## Other authors on Degrees ## More by Bertrand Russell > [ If the State does not acquire supremacy over \[vast private\] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-the-state-does-not-acquire-supremacy-over-vast-private-enterprises/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/that-the-world-is-in-a-bad-shape-is-undeniable-but-there-is-not-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [All movements go too far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-movements-go-too-far/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/those-who-advocate-common-usage-in-philosophy-sometimes-speak-in-a/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/such-in-outline-but-even-more-purposeless-more-void-of-meaning-is-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/dr-arnold-the-admired-reformer-of-public-schools-came-across-some/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/of-all-evils-of-war-the-greatest-is-the-purely-spiritual-evil-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/aristotle-maintained-that-women-have-fewer-teeth-than-men-although-he/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-an-opinion-contrary-to-your-own-makes-you-angry-that-is-a-sign/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-cannot-escape-from-the-conclusion-that-the-great-ages-of-progress/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-think-it-would-be-just-to-say-the-most-essential-characteristic-of/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-newspapers-at-one-time-said-that-i-was-dead-but-after-carefully/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/persecution-is-used-in-theology-not-in-arithmetic-because-in/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [“Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/many-orthodox-people-speak-as-though-it-were-the-business-of-sceptics/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-is-no-greater-reason-for-children-to-honour-parents-than-for/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/degrees/bertrand-russell/#itemlist", "name": "14 Degrees Quotes By Bertrand Russell", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most human beings, though in varying degrees, desire to control, not only their own lives but also the lives of others", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bertrand Russell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/most-human-beings-though-in-varying-degrees-desire-to-control-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/bertrand-russell-69_control_most-human-beings-though-in-varying-degr_2671969.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/bertrand-russell-69_control_most-human-beings-though-in-varying-degr_2671969.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/bertrand-russell-69_control_most-human-beings-though-in-varying-degr_2671969.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most human beings, though in varying degrees, desire to control, not only their own lives but also the lives…” — Bertrand Russell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - 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