Bertrand Russell Quotes About Humility

• Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.

  Bertrand Russell

  Humility, Men, People

  Bertrand Russell (1996). “Unpopular Essays”, p.176, Psychology Press

• Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover.

  Bertrand Russell

  Humility, Math, Science

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “An Outline of Philosophy”, p.171, Routledge

• No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.

  Bertrand Russell

  Believe, Humility, Wicked

  Bertrand Russell (2007). “Justice in War-time”, p.68, Cosimo, Inc.

• It is not my prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws.

  Bertrand Russell

  Prayer, Humility, Law

  Bertrand Russell (1967). “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell”

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