1,551 Quotes by Bertrand Russell

That Plato’s Republic should have been admired, on its political side, by decent people, is perhaps the most astonishing example of literary snobbery in all history.

An individual human existence should be like a river.

Facts have to be discovered by observation, not by reasoning.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit. – Octavio Paz The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation.

If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate in placing the football first beyond one goal and then beyond the other, no one’s happiness would be increased.

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