--- title: "12 Known Quotes By Bertrand Russell" description: "12 Known quotes by Bertrand Russell. Plus more from Bertrand Russell and more Known sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/bertrand-russell-69_education_a-priori-logical-propositions-are-such-a_1350152.jpg" --- > [A priori Logical propositions are such as can be known a priori without study of the actual world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-priori-logical-propositions-are-such-as-can-be-known-a-priori/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/bertrand-russell-69_education_a-priori-logical-propositions-are-such-a_1350152.jpg) > [It is not known why the Lord made the human body as he did, since one might suppose that omnipotence could have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-is-not-known-why-the-lord-made-the-human-body-as-he-did-since-one/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/971/bertrand-russell-69_body_it-is-not-known-why-the-lord-made-the-hu_64455.jpg) > [Tobacco . . . is not prohibited in the Scriptures, though, as Samuel Butler points out, St. Paul would no doubt have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/tobacco-is-not-prohibited-in-the-scriptures-though-as-samuel-butler/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/bertrand-russell-69_butlers_tobacco-is-not-prohibited-in-the-scriptu_1856915.jpg) > [I am myself a dissenter from all known religions, and I hope that every kind of religious belief will die out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-am-myself-a-dissenter-from-all-known-religions-and-i-hope-that-2/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/bertrand-russell-69_anti-religious_i-am-myself-a-dissenter-from-all-known-r_2256204.jpg) > [Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/those-who-have-never-known-the-deep-intimacy-and-the-intense/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/bertrand-russell-69_companionship_those-who-have-never-known-the-deep-inti_386394.jpg) > [Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/against-my-will-in-the-course-of-my-travels-the-belief-that/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/bertrand-russell-69_belief_against-my-will-in-the-course-of-my-trav_2815366.jpg) > [He will see himself and life and the world as truly as our human limitations will permit; realizing the brevity and minuteness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/he-will-see-himself-and-life-and-the-world-as-truly-as-our-human-2/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/bertrand-russell-69_brevity_he-will-see-himself-and-life-and-the-wor_3179952.jpg) > [One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think the war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/one-must-expect-a-war-between-u-s-a-and-u-s-s-r-which-will-begin-with-2/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/bertrand-russell-69_activist_one-must-expect-a-war-between-u-s-a-and_1986323.jpg) > [The question of "unreality"is a very important one. Misled by grammar, the great majority of those logicians who have dealt with this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-question-of-unreality-is-a-very-important-one-misled-by-grammar/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/bertrand-russell-69_analysis_the-question-of-unreality-is-a-very-impo_3059369.jpg) > [He will see himself and life and the world as truly as our human limitations will permit; realizing the brevity and minuteness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/he-will-see-himself-and-life-and-the-world-as-truly-as-our-human/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/bertrand-russell-69_brevity_he-will-see-himself-and-life-and-the-wor_204793.jpg) > [Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/philosophy-is-to-be-studied-not-for-the-sake-of-any-definite-answers/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/bertrand-russell-69_answers_philosophy-is-to-be-studied-not-for-the_2653515.jpg) > [There is a possibility in human minds of something mysterious as the night-wind, deep as the sea, calm as the stars, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-is-a-possibility-in-human-minds-of-something-mysterious-as-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/bertrand-russell-69_believe_there-is-a-possibility-in-human-minds-of_3057560.jpg) ## Other authors on Known ## 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/known/bertrand-russell/#itemlist", "name": "12 Known Quotes By Bertrand Russell", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A priori Logical propositions are such as can be known a priori without study of the actual world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": 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