Quotes By Bertrand Russell
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
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If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
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The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
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