Bertrand Russell

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is read more

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic.

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

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

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with read more

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with the relation of the soul to God, or with mystic insight, or with any of the matters with which the more elevated and spiritual moralists are co

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