More Quotes by Bertrand Russell
To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
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.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
The key to happiness is accepting one unpleasant reality every day.
My first advice (on how not to grow old) would be to choose you ancestors carefully.
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?
