Bertrand Russell Quotes

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

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

Bertrand Russell

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A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.

Bertrand Russell

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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.

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The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

Bertrand Russell

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Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

Bertrand Russell

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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Bertrand Russell

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

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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

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It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

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To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

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The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.

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There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

Bertrand Russell

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