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.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he...

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he...

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely...

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely...

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for...

Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for...

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

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

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a...

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out,...

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out,...

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three...

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three...

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live...

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can and should...

It is illegal in England to state in print that a wife can and should...

When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray

When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray

As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs....

As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs....