Bertrand Russell Quotes About Accidents

• You may reasonably expect a man to walk a tightrope safely for ten minutes; it would be unreasonable to do so without accident for two hundred years.

  Bertrand Russell

  Science, Men, Years

• Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

  Bertrand Russell

  Humanity, Growth, Fear Of Love

• Right conduct can never, except by some rare accident, be promoted by ignorance or hindered by knowledge.

  Bertrand Russell

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Right Conduct

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Marriage and Morals”, p.58, Routledge

• The world in which we live can be understood as a result of muddle and accident; but if it is the outcome of deliberate purpose, the purpose must have been that of a fiend. For my part, I find accident a less painful and more plausible hypothesis.

  Bertrand Russell

  Religion, Purpose, World

  Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

• All serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive.

  Bertrand Russell

  Innovation, Enabling, Serious

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays”, p.74, Psychology Press

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