Bertrand Russell Quotes

How pleasant it would be a world in which no one was allowed to operate in the stock market unless they had passed an exam in Greek economics and poetry, and in which politicians were required to have a solid knowledge of history and modern novels!

I oppose all superstition, whether Muslim, Christian, Jewish, or Buddhist.

Sé sincero, incluso si la verdad es inconveniente, pues resulta más inconveniente cuando tratas de ocultarla.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

Do not fear being eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Being able to fill leisure time in an intelligent way is the ultimate result of civilization.

Mathematics possess not only truth, but also a certain supreme beauty. A cold and austere beauty, like that of a sculpture.

No matter how eloquently a dog barks, it can never tell you that its parents were poor but honest.

What men really want is not knowledge but certainty.

All human activity is motivated by desire or impulse.

The ability of science to survive in the long run depends on psychology; that is, it depends on what human beings desire.

The prudent man only thinks about his difficulties when it serves a purpose. When it doesn't, he thinks about something else.