Unrestricted nationalism is, in the long run, incompatible with world peace. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
War can only be abolished by the establishment of a world government. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return. — 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… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“A man cannot possibly be at peace with others until he has learned to be at peace with himself.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
With civilized men..., it is, I think, chiefly love of excitement which makes the populace applaud when war breaks out; the emotion… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
it [is] possible to suppose that, if Russia is allowed to have peace, an amazing industrial development may take place, making Russia… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I believe that the abolition of private ownership of land and capital is a necessary step toward any world in which the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To be out of harmony with one's surroundings is of course a misfortune, but it is not always a misfortune to be… — 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
“To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need for our civ ilisation; but no such system has… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“No man need fear that by making himself rational he will make his life dull. On the contrary, since rationality consists in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is... in our day, a powerful antidote to nonsense, which hardly existed in earlier times - I mean science. Science cannot… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means… — 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
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
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
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
“Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
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