The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One of the main causes of trouble in the world is dogmatic and fanatical belief in some doctrine for which there is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on. The more you are talked about, the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Intelligence, it might be said, has caused our troubles; but it is not unintelligence that will cure them. Only more and wiser… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our trouble.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of… — 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