Bertrand Russell's Quotes

Bertrand Russell's Quotes 195

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the...

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that...

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the...

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries...

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

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything...

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation...

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its...

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in...

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending...

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the...

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

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is...

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the...

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of...

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is...

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and...

1
2
3
4
5
6

Random Quote

Ralph Waldo Emerson Men

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Top Topicsall topics

By subscribing to Daily Mail Quotes you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Top Authorsall authors