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More Quotes by Bertrand Russell
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.
There have been poverty, pestilence, and famine, which were due to man's inadequate mastery of nature. There have been wars, oppressions and tortures which have been due to men's hostility to their fellow men.
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit?
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
Religion is based ... mainly upon fear ... fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.
