Best Bertrand Russell Thoughts
- The man who is unhappy will, as a rule, adopt an unhappy creed, while the man who is happy will adopt a happy creed; each… Adopt
- Some people would rather die than think. Die
- Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with the relation of the soul… Any
- I have found, for example, that if I have to write upon sum rather difficult topic, the best plan is to think about it with… Been
- An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share… Cynical
- The Christian view that all intercourse outside marriage is immoral was, as we see in the above passages from St. Paul, based upon the view… Aberration
- Science seems to be at war with itself.... Naive realism leads to physics, and physics, if true, shows naive realism to be false. Therefore naive… False
- The world in which we live can be understood as a result of muddle and accident; but if it is the outcome of deliberate purpose,… Accident
- The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic,… Apparently
- But courage in fighting is by no means the only form, nor perhaps even the most important. There is courage in facing poverty, courage in… All
- To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a cricket club to survive when all of its members are… All
- Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the world and human… Action
- Modern definitions of truth, such as those as pragmatism and instrumentalism, which are practical rather than contemplative, are inspired by industrialisation as opposed to aristocracy. Aristocracy
- I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy. Compelled
- If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for… Angry
- Physics, owing to the simplicity of its subject matter, has reached a higher state of development than any other science. Any
- America ... where laws and customs alike are based on the dreams of spinsters. Alike
- Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God. All
- Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities… Age
- Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau. Funny
- 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… Any
- Thee might observe incidentally that if the state paid for child-bearing it might and ought to require a medical certificate that the parents were such… Afford
- The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are not trained to… Absence
- The social psychologist of the future will have a number of classes of school children on whom they will try different methods of producing an… Able
- With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine.… Achieved
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