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More Quotes by Bertrand Russell
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
My first advice (on how not to grow old) would be to choose you ancestors carefully.
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.
No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
If we spent half an hour every day in silent immobility, I am convinced that we should conduct all our affairs, personal, national, and international, far more sanely than we do at present.
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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.
The key to happiness is accepting one unpleasant reality every day.
We know too much and feel too little. At least, we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs.
