Existence Quotes by Bertrand Russell

16 Existence quotes by Bertrand Russell

All Existence quotes Bertrand Russell’s page

For anyone who enjoys a rational yet human take on why we’re here, Russell’s 16 reflections strike a balance between analytical clarity and the wonder that underlies everyday life.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

An individual human existence should be like a river

Bertrand Russell

Image

It's coexistence or no existence.

Bertrand Russell

Image

“Berkeley retains the merit of having shown that the existence of matter is capable of being denied without absurdity.”

Bertrand Russell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Image

Other authors on Existence

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.

Bertrand Russell

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

Image

All movements go too far.

Bertrand Russell

Image

Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'

Bertrand Russell

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

Image

Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone…

Bertrand Russell

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

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

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

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

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

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

Image

“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.”

Bertrand Russell

Image

“Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This…

Bertrand Russell

Image

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the…

Bertrand Russell

Image