Quotes by Bertrand Russell
“In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”— Bertrand Russell
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”— Bertrand Russell
“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”— Bertrand Russell
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”— Bertrand Russell
“Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.”— Bertrand Russell
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”— Bertrand Russell
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”— Bertrand Russell
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”— Bertrand Russell
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.”— Bertrand Russell
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”— Bertrand Russell
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.”— Bertrand Russell