Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell was a British mathematician, philosopher and logician.
Found 82 thoughts of Bertrand Russell
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
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Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.
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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is its exact opposite.
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