I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts — Bertrand Russell
I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this — Bertrand Russell
I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in — Bertrand Russell
I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything — Bertrand Russell
Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual — Bertrand Russell
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. — Bertrand Russell
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired — Bertrand Russell
Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world — Bertrand Russell
Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say — Bertrand Russell
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means — Bertrand Russell
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds — Bertrand Russell
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. — Bertrand Russell
Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy. — Bertrand Russell
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form — Bertrand Russell
Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from — Bertrand Russell
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely — Bertrand Russell
Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our — Bertrand Russell
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as — Bertrand Russell
Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias. — Bertrand Russell
Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead — Bertrand Russell
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. — Bertrand Russell
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep — Bertrand Russell
The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is — Bertrand Russell
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. — Bertrand Russell
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather — Bertrand Russell