1,551 Quotes by Bertrand Russell

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

“n America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.

Many people when they fall in love, look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

War does not determine who is right only who is left.

War does not determine who is right--only who is left.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is its exact opposite

There is a possibility in human minds of something mysterious as the night-wind, deep as the sea, calm as the stars, and strong as death, a mystic contemplation, and the "intellectual love of God."

But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.