Quotes Bertrand Russell

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a sto...

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation....

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a v...

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple...

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wi...

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world i...

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, beca...

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim...

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time....

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure a...

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of bei...

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggest...

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics ...

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for ou...

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge....

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessa...

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a ...

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the fac...

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and ter...

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have gover...

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance...

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensabl...

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom....

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are al...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being...