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Intellectual Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- To a mind of sufficient intellectual power, the whole of mathematics would appear trivial, as trivial as the statement that a four-footed animal is an…
- RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are…
- 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…
- There is... in our day, a powerful antidote to nonsense, which hardly existed in earlier times - I mean science. Science cannot be ignored or…
- Envy ... is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves but only in their relations.
- The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children for a picnic…
- The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
- The root of the matter is a very simple and old fashioned thing... love or compassion. If you feel this, you have a motive for…
- Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take…
- Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both…
- It seems to me a fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it's useful and not…
- I mean by intellectual integrity the habit of deciding vexed questions in accordance with the evidence, or of leaving them undecided where the evidence is…
- The objections to religion are of two sorts - intellectual and moral. The intellectual objection is that there is no reason to suppose any religion…
- By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by…
- The root of the matter½ the thing I mean½ is love, Christian love, or compassion. If you feel this, you have a motive for existence,…
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- The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. — Benjamin Banneker
- Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. — John Adams
- Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent… — Georges Bataille
- It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. — Pierre Beaumarchais
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- The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. — Henry Ward Beecher
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- It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. — Roberto Benigni