To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a cricket club to survive when all of its members are dead

Quote by Bertrand Russell

Topics: Cricket Quotes, Mind Quotes

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 true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which...

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which...

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

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...

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work...

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work...

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

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.

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...

The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely...

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely...

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because...

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because...

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...

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...

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these...

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these...

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...

Sometimes, we play with love. But when the time comes and you finally realize that...

Sometimes, we play with love. But when the time comes and you finally realize that...

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful...They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our...

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful...They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our...