It is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, ‘progress’ would become mechanical and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Fanaticism is the danger of the world, and always has been, and has done untold harm. I might almost say that I… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Calculus required continuity, and continuity was supposed to require the infinitely little; but nobody could discover what the infinitely little might be. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Intelligence, it might be said, has caused our troubles; but it is not unintelligence that will cure them. Only more and wiser… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is not known why the Lord made the human body as he did, since one might suppose that omnipotence could have… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You could live without the opera singer, but not without the services of the baker. On this ground you might say that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those whose lives are fruitful to themselves, to their friends, or to the world are inspired by hope and sustained by joy:… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The best authorities are unanimous in saying that a war with H-bombs might possibly put an end to the human race. It… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I am aware that many divines are far more marvelous than I am, and that I cannot wholly appreciate merits so far… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In the daily lives of most men and women, fear plays a greater part than hope: they are more filled with the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor. ... I had not imagined that there was… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There are some simple maxims which I think might be commended to writers of expository prose. First: never use a long word… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If we were all given by magic the power to read each other’s thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be almost… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Some care is needed in using Descartes' argument. "I think, therefore I am" says rather more than is strictly certain. It might… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one and had never come across any other… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Education, which was at first made universal in order that all might be able to read and write, has been found capable… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I was told that The Chinese said they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Another merit of home is that it preserves the diversity between individuals. If we were all alike, it might be convenient for… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is a further advantage [to hydrogen bombs]: the supply of uranium in the planet is very limited, and it might be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Thee might observe incidentally that if the state paid for child-bearing it might and ought to require a medical certificate that the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You, your families, your friends and your countries are to be exterminated by the common decision of a few brutal but powerful… — 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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