Bertrand Russell Quotes — Page 25

Philosopher, Mathematician

Inspired

“Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict.”

War Spiritual Evil

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

Philosophical

“The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.”

Men Philosophy Instinct

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Philosophical

“I don't like the spirit of socialism - I think freedom is the basis of everything.”

Thinking Spirit

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Philosophical

“It is the things for which there is no evidence that are believed with passion.”

Passion Religion

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Happy

“The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.”

Inspirational Happiness Inner Peace

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Philosophical

“Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.”

Community Survival Morality

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Angry

“As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one can prove that there is not a God. On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think that I ought to say that I am an Atheist, because, when I say that I cannot prove that there is not a God, I ought to add equally that I cannot prove that there are not the Homeric gods.”

Thinking Men Atheist

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Funny

“I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.”

Believe Sex Honesty

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Philosophical

“If everything has a cause, then God must have a cause. If there can be anything without a cause, it may just be the world as God.”

World May Religion

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Wise

“Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.”

Art Responsibility Sacrifice

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Funny

“Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must inevitably leave him a prey to boredom.”

Success Achievement Boredom

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Philosophical

“I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: "The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair." In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.”

Baby Anger Bullying

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