Folly Quote by Bertrand Russell

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived.

— Bertrand Russell

The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In spite of everything, I still believe that people…

— Steve Earle

The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in.

— Stephen Vizinczey

The human race may well become extinct before the end of the century. Speaking as a mathematician, I should say the odds are about…

— Bertrand Russell

“It must, I think, be admitted that the evils of the world are due to moral defects quite as much as to lack of…

— Bertrand Russell

Suppose atomic bombs had reduced the population of the world to one brother and sister; should they let the human race die out?

— Bertrand Russell

Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.

— Bertrand Russell

Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam.…

— Shelby Foote

He knew human folly like the back of his hand,

— Wystan Hugh Auden

All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority faced virulent…

— Bertrand Russell

The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship,…

— John Ortberg

“Human race had never planned to show up in this universe. I wonder whether current human efforts are relevant to its sustainability.”

— Toba Beta