Bertrand Russell

Frases de Bertrand Russell

• “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”

• “Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”

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

• “Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

• “Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know.”

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

• “Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do.”

• “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

• “Man is a rational animal — so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favor of this statement.”

• “Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”

• “To be happy, it is necessary that our ways of living should proceed from our own impulses rather than from the opinions and desires of others.”

• “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

• “One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.”

• “Freedom, in general, may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.”

• “The world needs open hearts and minds, and this cannot be achieved through rigid systems, whether they are old or new.”