The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
An atheist, like a Christian, holds that we can know whether or not there is a God. The Christian holds that we… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Berkeley retains the merit of having shown that the existence of matter is capable of being denied without absurdity.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If life is to be fully human it must serve some end which seems, in some sense, outside human life, some end… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those whose lives are fruitful to themselves, to their friends, or to the world are inspired by hope and sustained by joy:… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The root of the matter is a very simple and old fashioned thing... love or compassion. If you feel this, you have… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
All traditional logic habitually assumes that precise symbols are being employed. It is therefore not applicable to this terrestial life but only… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Are you never afraid of God's judgement in denying him? Most certainly not. I also deny Zeus and Jupiter and Odin and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is exactly the same degree of possibility and likelihood of the existence of the Christian God as there is of the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love. all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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