Bertrand Russell Quotes

British - Philosopher | May 18, 1872 - February 2, 1970

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Bertrand Russell

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The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

Bertrand Russell

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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

Bertrand Russell

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Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.

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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

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Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

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I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.

Bertrand Russell

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