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Bertrand Russell Quotes

Biography: Bertrand Russell was a renowned British philosopher, logician, and soc... more Biography: Bertrand Russell was a renowned British philosopher, logician, and social critic. He is best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. Throughout his career, Russell wrote extensively on a wide range of subjects, championing social reform, education, and peace, earning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950. less

"To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom."

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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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"In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted"

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"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way"

Tags: Philosophy, Belief, Skepticism, Logic, Epistemology

"Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit"

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"To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom"

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"One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny"

Tags: Freedom, Respect, Individualism, Tyranny, Prison

"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so"

Tags: Philosophy, Humor, Introspection, Critical thinking, Human behavior

"Superstition is a great enemy of man, but bigotry is worse"

Tags: Philosophy, Human nature, Human experience, Criticism, Social commentary

"Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame"

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"The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them"

Tags: Self-worth, Expectations, Fatherhood, Family dynamics, Parent-child relationship

"It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"

Tags: Philosophy, Truth, Belief, Critical thinking, Skepticism

"Patience and boredom are closely related. Boredom can be a fatal condition, and skydiving may be as an antidote"

Tags: Personal growth, Resilience, Mental health, Life lessons, Adventure

"Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure"

Tags: Freedom, Government, Democracy, Governance, Political philosophy

"The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself"

Tags: Philosophy, Perception, Reality, Consciousness, Science

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