When I say that children should be told about sex, I do not mean that they should be told only the bare… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Philosophy, if it cannot answer so many questions as we could wish, has at least the power of asking questions which increase… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is in our hearts that evil lies, and it is from our hearts that it must be plucked out. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held; instead of being… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
So in everything: power lies with those who control finance, not with those who know the matter upon which the money is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I conclude that, while it is true that science cannot decide questions of value, that is because they cannot be intellectually decided… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In spite of Death, the mark and seal of the parental control, Man is yet free, during his brief years, to examine,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The habit of looking to the future and thinking that the whole meaning of the present lies in what it will bring… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A world full of happiness is not beyond human power to create; the obstacles imposed by inanimate nature are not insuperable. The… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I must confess that I am deeply troubled. I fear that human beings are intent upon acting out a vast deathwish and… — 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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