“In his philosophy, nothing is held to be quite true, and nothing quite false; what can be uttered has only a limited… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Even if it is indifferent to human desires, as it seems to be; if human life is a passing episode, hardly noticeable… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Philosophy, for Plato, is a kind of vision, the 'vision of truth'...Everyone who has done any kind of creative work has experienced,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Meanwhile the whole machinery of the State, in all the different countries, is turned on to making defenseless children believe absurd propositions… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In the higher walks of politics the same sort of thing occurs. The statesman who has gradually concentrated all power within himself… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A religious creed differs from a scientific theory in claiming to embody eternal and absolutely certain truth, whereas science is always tentative,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“During the war, the holders of power in all countries found it necessary to bribe the populations into cooperation by unusual concessions.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If life is to be fully human it must serve some end which seems, in some sense, outside human life, some end… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The methods of increasing the degree of truth in our beliefs are well known; they consist in hearing all sides, trying to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The fact that a belief has a good moral effect upon a man is no evidence whatsoever in favor of its truth.… — 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
“...suggest four general maxims, which will prove an adequate preventive of persecution mania if their truth is sufficiently realized. The first is:… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Of these austerer virtues the love of truth is the chief, and in mathematics, more than elsewhere, the love of truth may… — 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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