--- title: "Best Knowledge Quotes by Bertrand Russell" description: "52 Knowledge quotes by Bertrand Russell. Plus more from Bertrand Russell and more Knowledge sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/bertrand-russell-69_desire_three-passions-simple-but-overwhelmingly_429377.jpg" --- > [Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/three-passions-simple-but-overwhelmingly-strong-have-governed-my-life-2/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/bertrand-russell-69_desire_three-passions-simple-but-overwhelmingly_429377.jpg) > [“Knowledge exists, and good will exists; but both remain impotent until they possess the proper organs for making themselves heard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/knowledge-exists-and-good-will-exists-but-both-remain-impotent-until/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/bertrand-russell-69_knowledge_knowledge-exists-and-good-will-exists-bu_979106.jpg) > [All that passes for knowledge can be arranged in a hierarchy of degrees of certainty, with arithmetic and the facts of perception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-that-passes-for-knowledge-can-be-arranged-in-a-hierarchy-of/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/bertrand-russell-69_arithmetic_all-that-passes-for-knowledge-can-be-arr_1605331.jpg) > [The really useful education is that which follows the direction of the child's own instinctive interests, supplying knowledge for which it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-really-useful-education-is-that-which-follows-the-direction-of/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/bertrand-russell-69_children_the-really-useful-education-is-that-whic_190554.jpg) > [With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/with-equal-passion-i-have-sought-knowledge-i-have-wished-to/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/bertrand-russell-69_achievement_with-equal-passion-i-have-sought-knowled_939582.jpg) > [The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-fact-that-an-opinion-has-been-widely-held-is-no-evidence-whatever/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/bertrand-russell-69_absurd_the-fact-that-an-opinion-has-been-widely_1142691.jpg) > [All definite knowledge - so I should contend - belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-definite-knowledge-so-i-should-contend-belongs-to-science-all/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/bertrand-russell-69_both-sides_all-definite-knowledge-so-i-should-conte_1781225.jpg) > [The examination system, and the fact that instruction is treated mainly as a training for a livelihood, leads the young to regard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-examination-system-and-the-fact-that-instruction-is-treated/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/bertrand-russell-69_examination_the-examination-system-and-the-fact-that_1484520.jpg) > [On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may come to know, and on the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/on-the-one-hand-philosophy-is-to-keep-us-thinking-about-things-that/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/bertrand-russell-69_hands_on-the-one-hand-philosophy-is-to-keep-us_788249.jpg) > [There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-are-certain-things-that-our-age-needs-and-certain-things-that/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/bertrand-russell-69_age_there-are-certain-things-that-our-age-ne_947616.jpg) > [I hold all knowledge that is concerned with things that actually exist - all that is commonly called Science - to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-hold-all-knowledge-that-is-concerned-with-things-that-actually/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/bertrand-russell-69_concerned_i-hold-all-knowledge-that-is-concerned-w_1397950.jpg) > [History is valuable, to begin with, because it is true; and this, though not the whole of its value, is the foundation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/history-is-valuable-to-begin-with-because-it-is-true-and-this-though/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/bertrand-russell-69_conditions_history-is-valuable-to-begin-with-becaus_1686751.jpg) ## Other authors on Knowledge - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 345 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/sunday-adelaja/) - [Dada Bhagwan 210 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/dada-bhagwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 128 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 111 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/amit-kalantri/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 91 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/albert-einstein/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 77 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 67 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 63 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/plato/) - [Samuel Johnson 60 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-idries-shah-43105.jpg) Idries Shah 54 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/idries-shah/) ## 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/knowledge/bertrand-russell/#itemlist", "name": "Best Knowledge Quotes by Bertrand Russell", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bertrand Russell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/three-passions-simple-but-overwhelmingly-strong-have-governed-my-life-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/bertrand-russell-69_desire_three-passions-simple-but-overwhelmingly_429377.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/bertrand-russell-69_desire_three-passions-simple-but-overwhelmingly_429377.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/bertrand-russell-69_desire_three-passions-simple-but-overwhelmingly_429377.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search…” — Bertrand Russell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Knowledge exists, and good will exists; 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