Important Quotes by Bertrand Russell

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given

— Bertrand Russell

As soon as it is held that any belief, no matter what, is important for some other reason than that it is…

— Bertrand Russell

Politics is concerned with herds rather than with individuals, and the passions which are important in politics are, therefore, those in which…

— Bertrand Russell

All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority…

— Bertrand Russell

Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety.

— Bertrand Russell

It must not be supposed that the subjective elements are any less 'real' than the objective elements; they are only less important...…

— Bertrand Russell

I think periods of browsing during which no occupation is imposed from without are important in youth because they give time for…

— Bertrand Russell

Religion and Science are two aspects of social life, of which the former has been important as far back as we know…

— Bertrand Russell

Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure…

— Bertrand Russell

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks…

— Bertrand Russell

One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important, and that to take a…

— Bertrand Russell

Men have physical needs, and they have emotions. While physical needs are unsatisfied, they take first place; but when they are satisfied,…

— Bertrand Russell

Inferences of Science and Common Sense differ from those of deductive logic and mathematics in a very important respect, namely, when the…

— Bertrand Russell

The question of "unreality"is a very important one. Misled by grammar, the great majority of those logicians who have dealt with this…

— Bertrand Russell

In democratic countries, the most important private organizations are economic. Unlike secret societies, they are able to exercise their terrorism without illegality,…

— Bertrand Russell

[There are m]oral precepts that we consider really important, such as 'don't pick your nose' or 'don't eat peas with a knife'.…

— Bertrand Russell

Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the…

— Bertrand Russell

One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms…

— Bertrand Russell

But courage in fighting is by no means the only form, nor perhaps even the most important. There is courage in facing…

— Bertrand Russell

It may seem to your conceited to suppose that you can do anything important toward improving the lot of mankind. But this…

— Bertrand Russell

An educator should think of a child as a gardener thinks of a plant, as something to be made to grow by…

— Bertrand Russell

If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.

— Bertrand Russell

Much of the most important evils that mankind have to consider are those which they inflict upon each other through stupidity or…

— Bertrand Russell

It is likely that America will be more important during the next century or two, but after that it may well be…

— Bertrand Russell

This illustrates an important truth, namely, that the worse your logic, the more interesting the consequences to which it gives rise.

— Bertrand Russell

I have come to realize that an early symptom of approaching mental illness is the belief that one's work is terribly important.…

— Bertrand Russell

The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge,…

— Bertrand Russell

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

— Bertrand Russell

More and more people are becoming unable to accept traditional [religious] beliefs. If they think that, apart from these beliefs, there is…

— Bertrand Russell

So far I have been speaking of theoretical science, which is an attempt to understand the world. Practical science, which is an…

— Bertrand Russell