Bertrand Russell Quotes

  • To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
    ~ Bertrand Russell
  • Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.Upload to Facebook
    Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
    ~ Bertrand Russell
  • 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
  • I have sought love because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven the saints and poets have imagined.Upload to Facebook
    I have sought love because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven the saints and poets have imagined.
    ~ 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
  • No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he believes to be of value.Upload to Facebook
    No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he believes to be of value.
    ~ Bertrand Russell
  • Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.Upload to Facebook
    Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
    ~ Bertrand Russell
  • Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.
    ~ 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
  • The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.Upload to Facebook
    The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
    ~ Bertrand Russell
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