1,551 Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Men have physical needs, and they have emotions. While physical needs are unsatisfied, they take first place; but when they are satisfied, emotions unconnected with them become important in deciding whether a man is to be happy or unhappy.

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.

A marriage is likely to be called happy if neither party ever expected to get much happiness out of it.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Those who continually search for happiness will never find it. Happiness is made, not found. To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire - poison and antidote.

To create a good philosophy you should renounce metaphysics but be a good mathematician.

No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid.