Bertrand Russell Quotes

“Worry is a form of fear, and all forms of fear produce fatigue.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

topic:fear

“Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

topic:fear boredom

“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.”

― Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy

topic:understanding stupidity

“If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts I suppose the first effect would be that almost all friendships would be dissolved”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

topic:friendship

“The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

topic:wisdom thought

“I dislike Nietzsche because he likes the contemplation of pain, because he erects conceit into a duty, because the men whom he most admires are conquerors, whose glory is cleverness in causing men to die.”

― Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy

topic:pain

“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.”

― Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays

topic:reason passion

“All that alcohol does for them is to liberate the sense of sin, which reason suppresses in saner moments .”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

topic:reason sin

“What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.”

― Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays

topic:belief

“If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

topic:work humility importance

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