Quotes by Bertrand Russell

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

#Elderly, #Happiness

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

#Elderly

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

#Emotion

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

#Evolution

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you...

#Envy, #Happiness, #Unhappiness

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

#Extremism, #Hope, #Misery

If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate...

#Football

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

#Fathers, #Golf

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

#Gossip, #Relationships

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

#Government

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

#Heart, #Science, #Teachers And Teaching

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it...

#Hunting