Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

English philosopher and mathematician

Lived from: 1872 - 1970

Category: Philosophers | Scientists Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 18 may 1872 Died: 2 february 1970

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  • The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as a means to other account, and not merely as a means to other things, are knowledge, art instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.
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  • The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.
    Conquest of Happiness Ch. 1: What Makes People Unhappy?
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  • The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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  • The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.
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  • The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.
    An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth
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  • The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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  • The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
    Why I Am Not a Christian
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  • The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
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  • The root of the matter… the thing I mean… is love, Christian love, or compassion. If you feel this, you have a motive for existence, a guide for action, a reason for courage, an imperative necessity for intellectual honesty.
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  • The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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  • 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.
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  • The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.
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  • The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
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  • The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.
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  • The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.
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  • The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
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  • There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boaaiabout it.
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  • There is much pleasure ot be gained from useless knowledge.
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  • There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
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  • There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.
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