Bertrand Russell

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something in the absence of good grounds…

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness…

The degree of one’s emotions varies inversely with one’s knowledge of the facts…

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country…

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in…

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible…

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty…

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge…

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is…

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely…

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out…

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education…

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of…

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper…

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness…