Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from...

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from...

Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion...

Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

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

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

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the...

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the...

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be...

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...