List of quotes from Bertrand Russell
"The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live."
by Bertrand Russell
"Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man."
by Bertrand Russell
"When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others."
by Bertrand Russell
"Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity." by Bertrand Russell
"All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation."
by Bertrand Russell
"Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy."
by Bertrand Russell
"This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities."
by Bertrand Russell
"In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying."
by Bertrand Russell
"The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good."
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"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way."
by Bertrand Russell
"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution."
by Bertrand Russell
"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise."
by Bertrand Russell
"Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality."
by Bertrand Russell
"Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself."
by Bertrand Russell