“Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.”
Bertrand Russell Quotes
1872 – 1970
British philosopher and logician, Nobel laureate in Literature (1950).
25 quotesAbout Bertrand Russell on Wikipedia
“The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.”
“My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.”
“Mystery is delightful, but unscientific, since it depends upon ignorance.”
“Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.”
“Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.”
“Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death.”
“Thinking ill of others is not in itself a good reason for thinking well of ourselves.”
“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty.”
“The dogmatist forgets the difficulty, the skeptic denies the possibility.”
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
“Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.”
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”
“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.”
“No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.”
“The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich.”
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”
