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Bertrand Russell Quotes

«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.»
«To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life flowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future.»
«Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.»
«Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.»
«If we were all given by magic power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships»
«The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution»
«You must not kill your neighbor, whom perhaps you genuinely hate, but by a little propaganda this hate can be transferred to some foreign nation, against whom all your murderous impulses become patriotic heroism»
«Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.»
«It's a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go»
«I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world»