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title: "39 Modern Quotes By Bertrand Russell"
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> [The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-place-of-the-father-in-the-modern-suburban-family-is-a-very-small/)

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> [Nine-tenths of the activities of a modern Government are harmful; therefore the worse they are performed, the better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/nine-tenths-of-the-activities-of-a-modern-government-are-harmful/)

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> [Modern life cannot be constructed on . . . physically strenuous principles. A great deal of work is sedentary, and most manual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/modern-life-cannot-be-constructed-on-physically-strenuous-principles/)

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> [One of the chief triumphs of modern mathematics consists in having discovered what mathematics really is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/one-of-the-chief-triumphs-of-modern-mathematics-consists-in-having/)

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> [“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-fundamental-cause-of-the-trouble-is-that-in-the-modern-world-the/)

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> [To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/to-a-modern-mind-it-is-difficult-to-feel-enthusiastic-about-a/)

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> [The morality of work is the morality of slaves, and the modern world has no need of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-morality-of-work-is-the-morality-of-slaves-and-the-modern-world/)

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> [Moral indignation is one of the most harmful forces in the modern world, the more so as it can always be diverted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/moral-indignation-is-one-of-the-most-harmful-forces-in-the-modern/)

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> [Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/nothing-of-importance-is-ever-achieved-without-discipline-i-feel/)

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> [The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love. all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-three-main-extra-rational-activities-in-modern-life-are-religion/)

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> [There is as much difference between a collection of mentally free citizens and a community molded by modern methods of propaganda as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-is-as-much-difference-between-a-collection-of-mentally-free/)

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> [To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/to-modern-educated-people-it-seems-obvious-that-matters-of-fact-are/)

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> [Modern definitions of truth, such as those as pragmatism and instrumentalism, which are practical rather than contemplative, are inspired by industrialisation as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/modern-definitions-of-truth-such-as-those-as-pragmatism-and/)

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> [Descartes, the father of modern philosophy ... would never-so he assures us-have been led to construct his philosophy if he had had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/descartes-the-father-of-modern-philosophy-would-never-so-he-assures/)

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> [It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results. The wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-is-because-modern-education-is-so-seldom-inspired-by-a-great-hope-2/)

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> [I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-think-modern-educational-theorists-are-inclined-to-attach-too-much/)

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> [There is... in our day, a powerful antidote to nonsense, which hardly existed in earlier times - I mean science. Science cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-is-in-our-day-a-powerful-antidote-to-nonsense-which-hardly/)

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> [Christ said "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" and when asked "who is thy neighbour? went on to the parable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/christ-said-thou-shalt-love-thy-neighbor-as-thyself-and-when-asked/)

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> [Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/good-nature-is-of-all-moral-qualities-the-one-that-the-world-needs-2/)

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> [It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-is-odd-that-neither-the-church-nor-modern-public-opinion-condemns/)

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> [“We may say, in a broad way, that Greek philosophy down to Aristotle expresses the mentality appropriate to the City State; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/we-may-say-in-a-broad-way-that-greek-philosophy-down-to-aristotle/)

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> [I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is mass psychology… Its importance has been enormously increased by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-think-the-subject-which-will-be-of-most-importance-politically-is/)

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> [Modern American politicians have the same cowardice about denying an equally bloodthirsty even sillier god, Jehovah. None of us would seriously consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/modern-american-politicians-have-the-same-cowardice-about-denying-an/)

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> [The human heart as modern civilization has made it is more prone to hatred than to friendship. And it is prone to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-human-heart-as-modern-civilization-has-made-it-is-more-prone-to/)

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> [Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/almost-everything-that-distinguishes-the-modern-world-from-earlier/)

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> [Neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/neither-the-church-nor-modern-public-opinion-condemns-petting/)

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> [It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-is-because-modern-education-is-so-seldom-inspired-by-a-great-hope-3/)

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> [Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/law-in-origin-was-merely-a-codification-of-the-power-of-dominant/)

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> [“It is one of the defects of modern higher education that it has become too much a training in the acquisition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-is-one-of-the-defects-of-modern-higher-education-that-it-has/)

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> [For my part, the thing I would wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security. But what the typical modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/for-my-part-the-thing-i-would-wish-to-obtain-from-money-would-be/)

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> [I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology... Its importance has been enormously increased by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-think-the-subject-which-will-be-of-most-importance-politically-is-2/)

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> [Modern technique has made it possible for leisure, within limits, to be not the prerogative of small privileged classes, but a right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/modern-technique-has-made-it-possible-for-leisure-within-limits-to-be/)

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> [I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-want-to-say-in-all-seriousness-that-a-great-deal-of-harm-is-being/)

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> [Respectability, regularity, and routine - the whole cast-iron discipline of a modern industrial society - have atrophied the artistic impulse, and imprisoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/respectability-regularity-and-routine-the-whole-cast-iron-discipline/)

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> [It is amusing to hear the modern Christian telling you how mild and rationalistic Christianity really is and ignoring the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-is-amusing-to-hear-the-modern-christian-telling-you-how-mild-and/)

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> [The institution of representative government to us seems an essential part of democracy, but the ancients never thought of it. Its immense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-institution-of-representative-government-to-us-seems-an-essential/)

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> [The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-fundamental-cause-of-the-trouble-is-that-in-the-modern-world-the-2/)

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> [For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/for-my-part-i-distrust-all-generalizations-about-women-favorable-and/)

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> [I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-think-that-there-is-far-too-much-work-done-in-the-world-that/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [All movements go too far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-movements-go-too-far/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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