Browsing Quotes By Bertrand Russell
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Most people would rather die than think; many do.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 09 Feb 2014 at 5:56 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellSource: http://zenhabits.net/own/Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 6:41 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 05 Apr 2011 at 7:58 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:13 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as to not seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:12 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:10 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:09 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 7:07 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
Speaker: Bertrand RussellPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 12:44 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!