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Bertrand Russell Quotes

Bertrand Russell quotes

British Philosopher May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970

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Good and bad, and even the higher good that mysticism finds everywhere, are the reflections of our own emotions on other things, not part of the substance of things as they are in themselves. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to..."
Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realize the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to..."
Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
Every isolated passion, is, in isolation, insane; sanity may be defined as synthesis of insanities. Every dominant passion generates a dominant fear, the fear of its non-fulfillment. Every dominant fear generates a nightmare, sometimes in form of explicit and conscious fanaticism, sometimes in paralyzing timidity, sometimes in an unconscious or subconscious terror which finds expression only in dreams. The man who wishes to preserve sanity in a dangerous world should summon in his own mind a... Bertrand Russell
Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both moral and intellectual. They have been unpopular, as was natural. Bertrand Russell
There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people, we do not think he can be an exceptionally good man. Bertrand Russell
The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour. Bertrand Russell
A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is. Bertrand Russell
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. Bertrand Russell
Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "Reverence for human personality is the beginning of wisdom, in..."
Reverence for human personality is the beginning of wisdom, in every social question, but above all in education. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a..."
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only a good ones would do it Bertrand Russell
Philosophy which does not seek to impose upon the world its own conceptions of good and evil is not only more likely to achieve truth, but is also the outcome of a higher ethical standpoint than one which, like evolutionism and most traditional systems, is perpetually appraising the universe and seeking to find in it an embodiment of present ideals. Bertrand Russell
We shall be compelled to renounce the hope of finding philosophical proofs of religious beliefs. ...Hence, once more, the value of philosophy must not depend upon any supposed body of definitely ascertainable knowledge to be acquired by those who study it. Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell quote: "War grows out of ordinary human nature."
War grows out of ordinary human nature. Bertrand Russell

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