--- title: "8 Dogmatic Quotes By Bertrand Russell" description: "8 Dogmatic quotes by Bertrand Russell. Plus more from Bertrand Russell and more Dogmatic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/bertrand-russell-69_affair_you-find-this-curious-fact-that-the-more_63165.jpg" --- > [You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and more profound has been the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/you-find-this-curious-fact-that-the-more-intense-has-been-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/bertrand-russell-69_affair_you-find-this-curious-fact-that-the-more_63165.jpg) > [The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-more-intense-has-been-the-religion-of-any-period-and-the-more/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/bertrand-russell-69_affair_the-more-intense-has-been-the-religion-o_293451.jpg) > [“In religion and politics, on the contrary, though there is as yet nothing approaching scientific knowledge, everybody considers it de rigueur to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/in-religion-and-politics-on-the-contrary-though-there-is-as-yet/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/bertrand-russell-69_frame-of-mind_in-religion-and-politics-on-the-contrary_546002.jpg) > [Science tells us what we can know but what we can know is little and if we forget how much we cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/science-tells-us-what-we-can-know-but-what-we-can-know-is-little-and-2/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/bertrand-russell-69_belief_science-tells-us-what-we-can-know-but-wh_683350.jpg) > [One of the main causes of trouble in the world is dogmatic and fanatical belief in some doctrine for which there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/one-of-the-main-causes-of-trouble-in-the-world-is-dogmatic-and/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/bertrand-russell-69_adequate_one-of-the-main-causes-of-trouble-in-the_1779931.jpg) > [The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-demand-for-certainty-is-one-which-is-natural-to-man-but-is-2/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/bertrand-russell-69_answers_the-demand-for-certainty-is-one-which-is_1859905.jpg) > [The fact that a belief has a good moral effect upon a man is no evidence whatsoever in favor of its truth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-fact-that-a-belief-has-a-good-moral-effect-upon-a-man-is-no/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/bertrand-russell-69_absolutes_the-fact-that-a-belief-has-a-good-moral_2010893.jpg) > [Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/philosophy-is-to-be-studied-not-for-the-sake-of-any-definite-answers/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/bertrand-russell-69_answers_philosophy-is-to-be-studied-not-for-the_2653515.jpg) ## 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/dogmatic/bertrand-russell/#itemlist", "name": "8 Dogmatic Quotes By Bertrand Russell", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs. 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