[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Science has made unrestricted national sovereignty incompatible with human survival. The only possibilities are now world government or death. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Frege has the merit of ... finding a third assertion by recognising the world of logic which is neither mental nor physical. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
As for earthquakes, though they were still formidable, they were so interesting that men of science could hardly regret them. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Science, by itself, cannot supply us with an ethic. It can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Understanding human nature must be the basis of any real improvement in human life. Science has done wonders in mastering the laws… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Abstract work, if one wishes to do it well, must be allowed to destroy one's humanity; one raises a monument which is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
All the conditions of happiness are realized in the life of the man of science. — 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
If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly surprising, it is imperative that our political… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree or certainty which the evidence warrants, would,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Physics, owing to the simplicity of its subject matter, has reached a higher state of development than any other science. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I conclude that, while it is true that science cannot decide questions of value, that is because they cannot be intellectually decided… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping away of all other desires in the interest of the desire to know. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If the West can claim superiority in anything, it is . . . in science and scientific technique. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There are infinite possibilities of error, and more cranks take up fashionable untruths than unfashionable truths. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The result of the scientific work we have been considering was that the outlook of educated men was completely transformed. At the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Sir Arthur Eddington deduces religion from the fact that atoms do not obey the laws of mathematics. Sir James Jeans deduces it… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is as much difference between a collection of mentally free citizens and a community molded by modern methods of propaganda as… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Science, in its ultimate ideal, consists of a set of propositions arranged in a hierarchy, the lowest level of the hierarchy being… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Descartes, the father of modern philosophy ... would never-so he assures us-have been led to construct his philosophy if he had had… — 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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