Bertrand Russell ( 10 of 71 )
De ce să repetăm greşelile înaintaşilor, cand sunt atâtea noi greşeli de făcut?
De ce să repetăm greşelile înaintaşilor, cand sunt atâtea noi greşeli de făcut?
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would read more
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it.
Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's he could beat her. From read more
Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's he could beat her. From superiority in this respect others were thought to follow. Men were more reasonable than women, more inventive, less swayed b
The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.
The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.
Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the read more
Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.
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
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
Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary read more
Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead
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.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
