Bertrand Russell Quotes About Energy

• It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

  Bertrand Russell

  Anger, Men, Justice

  Bertrand Russell (1990). “The Art of Philosophizing: and Other Essays”, p.25, Rowman & Littlefield

• An educator should think of a child as a gardener thinks of a plant, as something to be made to grow by having the right soil and the right amount of water. If your roses fail to bloom, it does not occur to you to whip them, but you try to find out what has been amiss in your treatment of them. ... The important thing is what the children do, and not what they do not do. And what they do, if it is to have value, must be a spontaneous expression of their own vital energy.

  Bertrand Russell

  Children, Teaching, Thinking

  "The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959".

• The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

  Bertrand Russell

  Science, Power, Energy

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “Power: A New Social Analysis”, p.4, Psychology Press

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