Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRSwas a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense". He was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the United Kingdom...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth18 May 1872
Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.
Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like.
I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.
Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.
Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.
The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.
A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.