I observe that a very large portion of the human race does not believe in God and suffers no visible punishment in consequence. And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an…

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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If a philosophy is to bring happiness it should be inspired by kindly feelings. Marx...

If a philosophy is to bring happiness it should be inspired by kindly feelings. Marx...

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a...

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a...

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief...

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief...

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise...

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

The professional moralist in our day is a man of less than average intelligence.

The professional moralist in our day is a man of less than average intelligence.

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are...

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are...

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly...

If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly...

People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is...

People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is...

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make...

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make...

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...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What...

The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What...

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth