One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
BERTRAND RUSSELLOne of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
BERTRAND RUSSELLSometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
BERTRAND RUSSELLOne must care about a world one will not see.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNo one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
BERTRAND RUSSELLFear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
BERTRAND RUSSELLDogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLConventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIt is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIs there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
BERTRAND RUSSELLTo fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
BERTRAND RUSSELLA sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMost people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
BERTRAND RUSSELLAnything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLOne of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIf there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
BERTRAND RUSSELL