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More Quotes by Bertrand Russell
Every great idea starts out as a blasphemy.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
My first advice (on how not to grow old) would be to choose you ancestors carefully.
Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit?
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.
dont let the old break you; let the love make you.
No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.
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.
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.