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

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those...

I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those...

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

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

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...

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...

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...

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.

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can...

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can...

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

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...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...

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 happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

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...

We are the carriers of health and disease - either the divine health of courage...

We are the carriers of health and disease - either the divine health of courage...

Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To...

Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To...