More Quotes by Bertrand Russell
Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
We know too much and feel too little. At least, we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs.
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.
Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit?
The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.
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.
