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

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are...

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are...

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it...

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it...

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

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

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

A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so...

A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so...

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

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...

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is...

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is...

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...

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...

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been...

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been...

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...

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 whole conception of God is a conception derived from the ancient Oriental despotisms.

The whole conception of God is a conception derived from the ancient Oriental despotisms.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with...

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs.

Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs.

Homer, lighten up. You're making 'Happy Hour' bitterly ironic.

Homer, lighten up. You're making 'Happy Hour' bitterly ironic.