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
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
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. – Bertrand Russell
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
The degree of one’s emotions varies inversely with one’s knowledge of the facts. – Bertrand Russell
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. – Bertrand Russell
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. – Bertrand Russell
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
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country. – Bertrand Russell
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. – Bertrand Russell
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. – Bertrand Russell
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. – Bertrand Russell
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. – Bertrand Russell
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. – Bertrand Russell
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. – Bertrand Russell
Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don’t know. – Bertrand Russell
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. – Bertrand Russell
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. – Bertrand Russell
Beware the man of a single book. – Bertrand Russell
It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. – Bertrand Russell
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