Bertrand Russell Quotes

British polymath, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate

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

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Math may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
– Bertrand Russell

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The degree of one’s emotions varies inversely with one’s knowledge of the facts.
– Bertrand Russell

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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
– Bertrand Russell

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
– Bertrand Russell

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And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence.
– Bertrand Russell

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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
– Bertrand Russell

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

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

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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
– Bertrand Russell

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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
– Bertrand Russell

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Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don’t know.
– Bertrand Russell

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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
– Bertrand Russell

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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution
– Bertrand Russell

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Beware the man of a single book.
– Bertrand Russell

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The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
– Bertrand Russell

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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
– Bertrand Russell

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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
– Bertrand Russell

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All human activity is prompted by desire.
– Bertrand Russell

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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
– Bertrand Russell

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