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Bertrand Russell Quotes

Bertrand Russell quotes about men

British Philosopher May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970

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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. Bertrand Russell
The Victorian Age, for all its humbug, was a period of rapid progress, because men were dominated by hope rather than fear. If we are again to have progress, we must again be dominated by hope. Bertrand Russell
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. Bertrand Russell
But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear that holds men back? fear lest their cherished beliefs should prove delusions, fear lest the institutions by which they live should prove harmful, fear lest they themselves should prove less worthy of respect than they have supposed themselves to be. Bertrand Russell
In the Second World War he took no public part, having escaped to a neutral country just before its outbreak. In private conversation he was wont to say that homicidal lunatics were well employed in killing each other, but that sensible men would keep out of their way while they were doing it. Fortunately this outlook, which is reminiscent of Bentham, has become rare in this age, which recognizes that heroism has a value independent of its utility. The Last Survivor of a Dead Epoch Bertrand Russell
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. Bertrand Russell
The first effect of emancipation from the Church was not to make men think rationally, but to open their minds to every sort of antique nonsense Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always..."
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of..."
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy. Bertrand Russell
My own belief is that in most ages and in most places obscure psychological forces led men to adopt systems involving quite unnecessary cruelty, and that this is still the case among the most civilized races at the present day. Bertrand Russell
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser men so full of doubts. Bertrand Russell

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