Bertrand Russell ( 10 of 71 )
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and read more
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.
The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on read more
The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on journeys, that such men are not content to remain continent, and that in a conventionally virtuous community they do not find respectable women.
The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us read more
The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms
Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent.
Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are read more
With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.
The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.
The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life
What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture read more
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer