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title: "45 Doubt Quotes By Bertrand Russell"
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> [“To endure uncertainity is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/to-endure-uncertainity-is-difficult-but-so-are-most-of-the-other/)

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> [We must be sceptical even of our scepticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/we-must-be-sceptical-even-of-our-scepticism/)

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> [What men really want is not knowledge but certainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/what-men-really-want-is-not-knowledge-but-certainty/)

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> [We must be skeptical even of our skepticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/we-must-be-skeptical-even-of-our-skepticism/)

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> [Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/fools-and-fanatics-are-always-so-certain-of-themselves/)

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> [I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-think-we-ought-always-to-entertain-our-opinions-with-some-measure/)

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> [Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/is-there-any-knowledge-in-the-world-which-is-so-certain-that-no/)

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> [Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/belief-in-a-divine-mission-is-one-of-the-many-forms-of-certainty-that/)

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> [Neither acquiescence in skepticism nor acquiescence in dogma is what education should produce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/neither-acquiescence-in-skepticism-nor-acquiescence-in-dogma-is-what/)

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> [I do not think any reasonable person can doubt that in India, China and Japan, if the knowledge of birth control existed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-do-not-think-any-reasonable-person-can-doubt-that-in-india-china/)

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> [Tobacco . . . is not prohibited in the Scriptures, though, as Samuel Butler points out, St. Paul would no doubt have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/tobacco-is-not-prohibited-in-the-scriptures-though-as-samuel-butler/)

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> [The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-trouble-with-the-world-is-that-the-stupid-are-cocksure-and-the/)

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> [One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/one-of-the-painful-things-about-our-time-is-that-those-who-feel/)

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> [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/)

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> [The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-fundamental-cause-of-the-trouble-is-that-in-the-modern-world-the-2/)

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> [Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/philosophy-though-unable-to-tell-us-with-certainty-what-is-the-true-2/)

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> [“To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/to-teach-how-to-live-without-certainty-and-yet-without-being/)

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> [Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/dogmatism-and-skepticism-are-both-in-a-sense-absolute-philosophies/)

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> [William James used to preach the "will-to-believe." For my part, I should wish to preach the "will-to-doubt." None of our beliefs are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/william-james-used-to-preach-the-will-to-believe-for-my-part-i-should-3/)

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> [Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the gradual loss of belief, but when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/throughout-the-long-period-of-religious-doubt-i-had-been-rendered/)

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> [“William James used to preach the 'will to believe.' For my part, I should wish to preach the 'will to doubt' ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/william-james-used-to-preach-the-will-to-believe-for-my-part-i-should-2/)

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> [“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-demand-for-certainty-is-one-which-is-natural-to-man-but-is/)

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> [While the dogmatist is harmful, the sceptic is useless ...; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/while-the-dogmatist-is-harmful-the-sceptic-is-useless-one-is-certain/)

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> [I greatly doubt whether the men who become pirate chiefs are those who are filled with retrospective terror of their fathers, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-greatly-doubt-whether-the-men-who-become-pirate-chiefs-are-those/)

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> [Some care is needed in using Descartes' argument. "I think, therefore I am" says rather more than is strictly certain. It might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/some-care-is-needed-in-using-descartes-argument-i-think-therefore-i/)

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> [“Among these surprising possibilities, doubt suggests that perhaps there is no table at all. Philosophy, if it cannot answer so many questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/among-these-surprising-possibilities-doubt-suggests-that-perhaps/)

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> [“To begin with rationality in opinion: I should define it merely as the habit of taking account of all relevant evidence in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/to-begin-with-rationality-in-opinion-i-should-define-it-merely-as-the/)

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> [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/)

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> [It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-is-odd-that-neither-the-church-nor-modern-public-opinion-condemns/)

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> [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/)

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> [And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/and-if-there-were-a-god-i-think-it-very-unlikely-that-he-would-have/)

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> [The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-problem-with-the-wise-is-they-are-so-filled-with-doubts-while-the/)

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> [The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-demand-for-certainty-is-one-which-is-natural-to-man-but-is-4/)

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> [The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-biggest-cause-of-trouble-in-the-world-today-is-that-the-stupid/)

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> [“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-fundamental-cause-of-the-trouble-is-that-in-the-modern-world-the/)

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> [“Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/uncertainty-in-the-presence-of-vivid-hopes-and-fears-is-painful-but/)

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> [The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-whole-problem-with-the-world-is-that-fools-and-fanatics-are-3/)

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> [Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened, but do not be silenced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/be-isolated-be-ignored-be-attacked-be-in-doubt-be-frightened-but-do/)

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> [There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire - poison and antidote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-s-a-bible-on-that-shelf-there-but-i-keep-it-next-to-voltaire/)

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> [“Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/uncertainty-in-the-presence-of-vivid-hopes-and-fears-is-painful-but-2/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [All movements go too far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-movements-go-too-far/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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