--- title: "14 Ought Quotes By Bertrand Russell" description: "14 Ought quotes by Bertrand Russell. Plus more from Bertrand Russell and more Ought sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/bertrand-russell-69_bed_i-feel-as-if-one-would-only-discover-on_2333582.jpg" --- > [I feel as if one would only discover on one's death bed what one ought to have lived for](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-feel-as-if-one-would-only-discover-on-one-s-death-bed-what-one/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/bertrand-russell-69_bed_i-feel-as-if-one-would-only-discover-on_2333582.jpg) > [The reason is, and by rights ought to be, slave to the emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-reason-is-and-by-rights-ought-to-be-slave-to-the-emotions/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/bertrand-russell-69_emotion_the-reason-is-and-by-rights-ought-to-be_2650910.jpg) > [We ought to look the world frankly in the face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/we-ought-to-look-the-world-frankly-in-the-face/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/bertrand-russell-69_faces_we-ought-to-look-the-world-frankly-in-th_1678448.jpg) > [Without effort and change, human life cannot remain good. It is not a finished Utopia that we ought to desire, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/without-effort-and-change-human-life-cannot-remain-good-it-is-not-a/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/bertrand-russell-69_active_without-effort-and-change-human-life-can_2576142.jpg) > [Love cannot exists as a duty; to tell a child that it ought to love its parents and its brother and sisters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/love-cannot-exists-as-a-duty-to-tell-a-child-that-it-ought-to-love/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/bertrand-russell-69_brother_love-cannot-exists-as-a-duty-to-tell-a-c_425575.jpg) > [Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/education-ought-to-foster-the-wish-for-truth-not-the-conviction-that/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/bertrand-russell-69_conviction_education-ought-to-foster-the-wish-for-t_2733899.jpg) > [The whole conception of a God is a conception derived from the ancient oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-whole-conception-of-a-god-is-a-conception-derived-from-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/bertrand-russell-69_age_the-whole-conception-of-a-god-is-a-conce_262054.jpg) > [Protagoras did not know if the gods exist, but he held in any case they ought to be worshiped. Philosophy, according to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/protagoras-did-not-know-if-the-gods-exist-but-he-held-in-any-case/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/bertrand-russell-69_believe_protagoras-did-not-know-if-the-gods-exis_1818164.jpg) > [The whole realm of thought and opinion is utterly unsuited to public control; it ought to be as free, and as spontaneous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-whole-realm-of-thought-and-opinion-is-utterly-unsuited-to-public/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/bertrand-russell-69_children_the-whole-realm-of-thought-and-opinion-i_1208314.jpg) > [It seems clear to me that marriage ought to be constituted by children, and relations not involving children ought to be ignored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-seems-clear-to-me-that-marriage-ought-to-be-constituted-by/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/bertrand-russell-69_cease_it-seems-clear-to-me-that-marriage-ought_2804483.jpg) > [ \[There are m\]oral precepts that we consider really important, such as 'don't pick your nose' or 'don't eat peas with a knife'.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-are-m-oral-precepts-that-we-consider-really-important-such-as/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/bertrand-russell-69_admirable_there-are-m-oral-precepts-that-we-consid_2626535.jpg) > [Thee might observe incidentally that if the state paid for child-bearing it might and ought to require a medical certificate that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/thee-might-observe-incidentally-that-if-the-state-paid-for-child/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/bertrand-russell-69_care_thee-might-observe-incidentally-that-if_916603.jpg) > [While the dogmatist is harmful, the sceptic is useless ...; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/while-the-dogmatist-is-harmful-the-sceptic-is-useless-one-is-certain/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/bertrand-russell-69_affair_while-the-dogmatist-is-harmful-the-scept_1581084.jpg) > [ \[The church\] is in its major part an opponent still of progress and improvement in all the ways that diminish suffering in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-church-is-in-its-major-part-an-opponent-still-of-progress-and/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/bertrand-russell-69_certain_the-church-is-in-its-major-part-an-oppon_1591489.jpg) ## Other authors on Ought ## 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/ought/bertrand-russell/#itemlist", "name": "14 Ought Quotes By Bertrand Russell", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel as if one would only discover on one's death bed what one ought to have lived for", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bertrand Russell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-feel-as-if-one-would-only-discover-on-one-s-death-bed-what-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/bertrand-russell-69_bed_i-feel-as-if-one-would-only-discover-on_2333582.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/bertrand-russell-69_bed_i-feel-as-if-one-would-only-discover-on_2333582.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/bertrand-russell-69_bed_i-feel-as-if-one-would-only-discover-on_2333582.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I feel as if one would only discover on one's death bed what one ought to have lived for” — Bertrand Russell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The reason is, and by rights ought to be, slave to the emotions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bertrand Russell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-reason-is-and-by-rights-ought-to-be-slave-to-the-emotions/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/bertrand-russell-69_emotion_the-reason-is-and-by-rights-ought-to-be_2650910.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/bertrand-russell-69_emotion_the-reason-is-and-by-rights-ought-to-be_2650910.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/bertrand-russell-69_emotion_the-reason-is-and-by-rights-ought-to-be_2650910.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The reason is, and by rights ought to be, slave to the emotions.” — Bertrand Russell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We ought to look the world frankly in the face.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bertrand Russell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/we-ought-to-look-the-world-frankly-in-the-face/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/bertrand-russell-69_faces_we-ought-to-look-the-world-frankly-in-th_1678448.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/bertrand-russell-69_faces_we-ought-to-look-the-world-frankly-in-th_1678448.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/bertrand-russell-69_faces_we-ought-to-look-the-world-frankly-in-th_1678448.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We ought to look the world frankly in the face.” — Bertrand Russell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Without effort and change, human life cannot remain good. 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