Quotes By Bertrand Russell

A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.