1,551 Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don’t look for anything else.

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires.

The atomists, unlike Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, sought to explain the world without introducing the notion of purpose or final cause.

The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading.

If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.

I did not know I loved you until I heard myself telling so, for one instance I thought, “Good God, what have I said?” and then I knew it was true.

Formality Thus the absence of all mention of particular things or properties in logic or pure mathematics is a necessary result of the fact that this study is, as we say, “purely formal”.

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

Our use of phrase ‘The Dark ages’ to cover the period from 699 to 1,000 marks our undue concentration on Western Europe...