Author: Bertrand Russell

Quotes

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

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

- Bertrand Russell

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

- 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

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

- Bertrand Russell

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.

- Bertrand Russell

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

- 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

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