
List of quotes from Bertrand Russell
"Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day."
by Bertrand Russell Dreams and Facts
"We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach."
by Bertrand Russell Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness
"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead."
by Bertrand Russell
"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."
by Bertrand Russell
"It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true."
by Bertrand Russell On the Value of Scepticism
"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."
by Bertrand Russell
"Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact."
by Bertrand Russell
"We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power."
by Bertrand Russell