Bertrand Russell quotes
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.Problems
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.Wisdom Fear
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.Love Happiness
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.Philosophy Fear Opinion
To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.Philosophy Truth Wisdom
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.Fear
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.Reading Book Humor
And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existenceReligion God
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.Insult Politics Honesty
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.Perspective Question
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.Belief Perspective
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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.Freedom Wisdom
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.Happiness Life Love
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.Science Knowledge Power
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.Understanding
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. 
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. 
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. 
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. 
To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it. 
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. 
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. 
And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence 
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them. 
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. 
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. 
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.