Bertrand Russell Quotes

The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.

Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

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.

In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.

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.

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

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?