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Certain Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.
- It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin…
- 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…
- The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain.
- Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never.
- Certain characteristics of the subject are clear. To begin with, we do not in this subject deal with particular things or particular properties: we deal…
- When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.
- Do not feel certain of anything.
- Even if we could be certain that one of the world's religions were perfectly true, given the sheer number of conflicting faiths on offer, every…
- From the height of their disillusionment they look down upon those whom they despise as simple souls. For my part I have no sympathy with…
- Mysticism is, in essence, little more than a certain intensity and depth of feeling in regard to what is believed about the universe.
- All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things : That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed…
- While the dogmatist is harmful, the sceptic is useless ...; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is…
- Descartes, the father of modern philosophy ... would never-so he assures us-have been led to construct his philosophy if he had had only one teacher,…
- The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have…
- The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
- Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is…
- Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
- Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
- Patience and boredom are closely related. Boredom, a certain kind of boredom, is really impatience. You don't like the way things are, they aren't interesting…
- Some care is needed in using Descartes' argument. "I think, therefore I am" says rather more than is strictly certain. It might seem as though…
- If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody and no unemployment -- assuming a certain very moderate amount…
- Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.
- There are certain things that our age needs. It needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.
- There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is by the practice…
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