Comfortable Quote by Bertrand Russell Download Open image “Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit.” — Bertrand Russell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comfortable Fear nothing Habit Habits Institutions My thoughts Philosophy of Mind Privilege Subversive
Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they… — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
“The commitment to enlarged thought is morally and politically significant in that it fosters the ‘ability to think without rules’, to cultivate judgement and… — Patrick Hayden Copy Share Image
In any society freedom of thought will probably be of direct significance for a small minority. But this does not mean that anyone is… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“[People] ask themselves, what is suitable for my position? What is usually done by persons of my station and percuniary circumstances? Or (worse still)… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Habits of thought are not less tyrannical than other habits, and a time comes when return is impossible, even to the strongest will. — Alexander Vinet Copy Share Image
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'. — David Hume Copy Share Image
The unrestrained freedom of thinking and of openly making known one's thoughts is not inherent in the rights of citizens and is by no… — Pope Gregory XVI Copy Share Image
There is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions. — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
Thought is the source of all wealth, all success, all achievement. Our dominant thoughts determine our individuality, our career, our daily life. — Joan Bennett Kennedy Copy Share Image
Thought is the first faculty of man; to express it is one of his first desires; to spread it, his dearest privilege. — Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal 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
I could not limit my values and pursuits to what makes others comfortable. Being possessed by a promise I live without options. I will… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
How much more comfortable it is to say 'Yes, and...' than 'Yes, but...'. — Lawrence Fagg Copy Share Image
If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
I'm more comfortable modelling as a man because I don't get any criticism. — Rain Dove Copy Share Image
I'm aware of who I am and I'm comfortable with who I choose to date. — Shibani Dandekar Copy Share Image
Money is only used for two things. One, it's to make you comfortable, and the more comfortable you are the more creative you will… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
I am comfortable talking about sex scenes and stuff, but to me, when it's physically explicit, I do feel prudish and uncomfortable. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
It's my intention to make something stand outside the realm of album art, but it also feels comfortable to me to be in it.… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is… — Clint Howard Copy Share Image
There are those that say, if you do the uncomfortable thing long enough, it will become comfortable. But we are really not encouragers of… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
It's like my second home, 'It.' And I would like to return to it, because I feel very comfortable with it, and I have… — Andy Muschietti Copy Share Image
I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body. — Orla Brady Copy Share Image
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