1,551 Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.

All religions are both harmful and untrue.

I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.

All great books contain boring portions, and all great lives have contained uninteresting stretches.

Religion prevents our children from having a rational education; religion prevents us from removing the fundamental causes of war; religion prevents us from teaching the ethic of scientific cooperation in place of the old fierce doctrines of sin and punishment. It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

Look at me. Look at me is one of the fundamental desires of human heart.

Affection cannot be created; it can only be liberated.

A European who goes to New York and Chicago sees the future... when he goes to Asia he sees the past.