1,551 Quotes by Bertrand Russell

To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation.

Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men that comes chiefly through their work.

What science cannot tell us, mankind cannot know.

The Eugenic Society . . . is perpetually bewailing the fact that wage-earners breed faster than middle-class people.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

Religions which have any very strong hold over men's actions have generally some instinctive basis.

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

The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any man who knew the truth would be wicked. I disbelieve this, absolutely and entirely. I believe that love of truth is the basis of all real virtue, and that virtues based upon lies can only do harm.

The more you complain the longer God lets you live