Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is insolence, and belief in human power is impiety

Quote by Bertrand Russell

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Men Quotes, Pride Quotes

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...

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope...

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope...

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark...

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark...

It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it...

It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it...

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is...

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is...

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based...

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based...

Real love hurts, real love makes you totally open and vulnerable. Real love will take...

Real love hurts, real love makes you totally open and vulnerable. Real love will take...

All human activity is prompted by desire

All human activity is prompted by desire

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

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

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...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

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...

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

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

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

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,...

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence...

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence...

For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and...

For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and...

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error