“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”

— Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals, 1929

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.”

“Love can defeat that nameless terror. Loving one another, we take the sting from death.”

“Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”

“Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.”

“Something the heart must have to cherish, must love and joy and sorrow learn.”

“Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”

“He knew she was there by the joy and fear that overwhelmed his heart.”