Bertrand Russell Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.”

“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.”

“Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.”

“Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.”

“It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.”

“The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.”

“Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.”

“Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.”

“The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.”

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