No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNo nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIt’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
BERTRAND RUSSELLLife is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNeither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNever try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
BERTRAND RUSSELLRemember your humanity, and forget the rest.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMachines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
BERTRAND RUSSELLSometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIt seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
BERTRAND RUSSELLConventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
BERTRAND RUSSELLTo like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLDo not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
BERTRAND RUSSELLFew people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
BERTRAND RUSSELL