Bertrand Russell Inspirational Quotes

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  Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

  Unpopular Essays (1950) "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"

• The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

• To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc

• To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

  Bertrand Russell

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 19

• There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Funny, Book

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.28, Lulu Press, Inc

• The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Success, Confidence

• I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Philosophy, Believe

• To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

  Unpopular Essays (1950) "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"

• Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Government, Intelligence

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “Sceptical Essays”, p.2, Psychology Press

• Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate this evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Children, Pain

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Autobiography”, p.3, Routledge

• Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

• The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inner Peace

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.90, Lulu Press, Inc

• The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Funny, Patience

• Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Learning, Shining

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Fact and Fiction”, p.153, Routledge

• Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Bertrand Russell (1985). “Contemplation and Action, 1902-14”, p.176, Psychology Press

• The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Men, Average

  Bertrand Russell (1992). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959”, p.427, Psychology Press

• Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant but also makes pleasant things more pleasant.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Curious, Pleasant

  Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Peter Köllner (1996). “A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42”, p.303, Psychology Press

• None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Fear, Coward

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