“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.”

— Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays, 1935, Ch. 2

About Bertrand Russell

1872 – 1970

British philosopher and logician, Nobel laureate in Literature (1950).

“Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.”

“The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.”

“There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”

“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”

“The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills.”

“Therefore the wise man is always happy.”

“No one can be happy without virtue.”

“Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that.”

“Let us choose truth, let us choose honor, and let us choose joy!”