Author: Bertrand Russell

Quotes

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

- Bertrand Russell

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

- Bertrand Russell

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

- Bertrand Russell

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

- Bertrand Russell

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

- Bertrand Russell

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

- Bertrand Russell

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

- Bertrand Russell

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

- Bertrand Russell

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

- Bertrand Russell

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