Best Bertrand Russell Words
- There is no logical impossibility in the hypothesis that the world sprang into being five minutes ago, exactly as it then was, with a population… Ago
- When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people… Atheism
- Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion go hand in hand. Atheism
- Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself. Atheism
- Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power of manipulating nature.… Art
- There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that mankind should be… Age
- It's coexistence or no existence. Coexistence
- For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from… Alike
- Bolshevism is to be reckoned with Mohammedanism rather than with Christianity and Buddhism. Christianity and Buddhism are primarily personal religions, with mystical doctrines and a… Bolshevism
- The whiter my hair becomes, the more ready people are to believe what I say. Aging
- Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the… Accept
- It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true Believe
- 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… Accept
- To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things-this is emancipation, and this… Abandon
- Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that… Achieved
- Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in… Absurdities
- The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain. Certain
- What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable,… Attitude
- In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than in the lives… Action
- And all this madness, all this rage, all this flaming death of our civilization and our hopes, has been brought about because a set of… All
- Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our share in the… Ago
- At all times, except when a monarch could enforce his will, war has been facilitated by the fact that vigorous males, confident of victory, enjoyed… Admired
- War...seems a mere madness, a collective insanity. Anti War
- You must believe that you can help bring about a better world. Believe
- I have come to realize that an early symptom of approaching mental illness is the belief that one's work is terribly important. If you consider… Approaching
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