“Among these surprising possibilities, doubt suggests that perhaps there is no table at all. Philosophy, if it cannot answer so many questions… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Nor have the lives of great men been exciting except at a few great moments. Socrates could enjoy a banquet now and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for a good life as the head. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“A life too full of excitement is an exhausting life, in which continually stronger stimuli are needed to give the thrill that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
... the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“If men would learn to pursue their own happiness rather than the misery of others, we can achieve a better life for… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
From that awful encounter of the soul with the outer world, enunciation, wisdom, and charity are born; and with their birth a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Education, and the life of the mind generally, is a matter in which individual initiative is the chief thing needed; the function… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share 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 Copy Share Image
Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The life of Man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Life seems to me essentially passion, conflict, rage. It is only intellect that keeps me sane; perhaps this makes me overvalue intellect… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share 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 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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