Bertrand Russell Quotes

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Fear | Bertrand Russell quote

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.
Philosophy | Bertrand Russell quote

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Philosophy | Bertrand Russell quote

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
Belief | Bertrand Russell quote

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.
Bertrand Russell quote

Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
Beauty | Bertrand Russell quote

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.
Intelligence | Bertrand Russell quote

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
Bertrand Russell quote

Biography

Distinguished British philosopher and author. Lived 1872 - 1970.