Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We know that the exercise of virtue should be its own reward, and it seems to follow that the enduring of it… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is impossible to read in America, except on a train, because of the telephone. Everyone has a telephone, and it rings… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Advocates of capitalism like to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“There are two simple principles which, if they were adopted, would solve almost all social problems. The first is that education should… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Something of the same strain and anguish seems to have entered the soul of ivilised man. He knows there is something better… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“One of the causes of unhappiness among intellectuals in the present day is that so many of them, especially those whose skill… — 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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