--- title: "8 Educated Quotes By Bertrand Russell" description: "8 Educated quotes by Bertrand Russell. Plus more from Bertrand Russell and more Educated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/bertrand-russell-69_ancient_to-modern-educated-people-it-seems-obvio_523795.jpg" --- > [To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/to-modern-educated-people-it-seems-obvious-that-matters-of-fact-are/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/bertrand-russell-69_ancient_to-modern-educated-people-it-seems-obvio_523795.jpg) > [Owing to the identification of religion with virtue, together with the fact that the most religious men are not the most intelligent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/owing-to-the-identification-of-religion-with-virtue-together-with-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/bertrand-russell-69_authority_owing-to-the-identification-of-religion_561937.jpg) > [Man has existed for about a million years. He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/man-has-existed-for-about-a-million-years-he-has-possessed-writing/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/bertrand-russell-69_agriculture_man-has-existed-for-about-a-million-year_679868.jpg) > [Thee might observe incidentally that if the state paid for child-bearing it might and ought to require a medical certificate that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/thee-might-observe-incidentally-that-if-the-state-paid-for-child/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/bertrand-russell-69_care_thee-might-observe-incidentally-that-if_916603.jpg) > [A generation educated in fearless freedom will have wider and bolder hopes than are possible to us](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-generation-educated-in-fearless-freedom-will-have-wider-and-bolder/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/bertrand-russell-69_courage_a-generation-educated-in-fearless-freedo_997387.jpg) > [Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West, results from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/cynicism-such-as-one-finds-very-frequently-among-the-most-highly/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/bertrand-russell-69_combination_cynicism-such-as-one-finds-very-frequent_1137483.jpg) > [The whole realm of thought and opinion is utterly unsuited to public control; it ought to be as free, and as spontaneous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-whole-realm-of-thought-and-opinion-is-utterly-unsuited-to-public/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/bertrand-russell-69_children_the-whole-realm-of-thought-and-opinion-i_1208314.jpg) > [Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the world are to be found in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/men-who-allow-their-love-of-power-to-give-them-a-distorted-view-of-2/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/bertrand-russell-69_asylums_men-who-allow-their-love-of-power-to-giv_1512105.jpg) ## Other authors on Educated ## 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/educated/bertrand-russell/#itemlist", "name": "8 Educated Quotes By Bertrand Russell", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities. 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