Reason Quotes by Bertrand Russell
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Reason asks us to check why we hold a belief, especially when it makes us angry. It warns that many opinions lack solid grounds and that truth grows when we hear all sides. It also reminds us that reason is a tool for harmony, not a source of new creation.
![“More and more people are becoming unable to accept traditional [religious] beliefs. If they think that, apart from these beliefs, there is no reason for kindly behaviour, the results may be needlessly unfortunate. That is why it is important to show that no supernatural reasons are needed to make…” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/bertrand-russell-69_accepting_more-and-more-people-are-becoming-unable_1214762.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'. There may, for ought I know, be admirable reasons for eating peas with a knife, but . . . early persuasion has made me completely incapable of appreciating them.” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/bertrand-russell-69_admirable_there-are-m-oral-precepts-that-we-consid_2626535.jpg)
![“There is a further advantage [to hydrogen bombs]: the supply of uranium in the planet is very limited, and it might be feared that it would be used up before the human race was exterminated, but now that the practically unlimited supply of hydrogen can be utilized, there is considerable reason to…” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/bertrand-russell-69_advantage_there-is-a-further-advantage-to-hydrogen_959896.jpg)
![“If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. [...] The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in…” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/bertrand-russell-69_angry_if-an-opinion-contrary-to-your-own-makes_997355.jpg)
![“For some reason which I have failed to understand, many people like the system [scientific totalitarianism] when it is Russian but disliked the very same system when it was German. I am compelled to think that this is due to the power of labels; these people like whatever is labelled ‘Left’…” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/bertrand-russell-69_compelled_for-some-reason-which-i-have-failed-to-u_3115184.jpg)
