A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
BERTRAND RUSSELLTo write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
-
-
Love is something far more than the desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
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 -
There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
If 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 -
The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
BERTRAND RUSSELL







