Bertrand Russell Quotes About Magic

• If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.

  Bertrand Russell

  Magic, Firsts, Friendship Love

  Bertrand Russell (1975). “The conquest of happiness”

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

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Funny, Patience

• If we were all given by magic the power to read each other’s thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be almost all friendships would be dissolved; the second effect, however, might be excellent, for a world without any friends would be felt to be intolerable, and we should learn to like each other without needing a veil of illusion to conceal from ourselves that we did not think each other absolutely perfect.

  Bertrand Russell

  Friendship, Thinking, Perfect

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.65, Lulu Press, Inc

• There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is by the practice of sheer courage. The latter is difficult, and to everybody becomes impossible at a certain point. The former has therefore always been more popular. Primitive magic has the purpose of securing safety, either by injuring enemies, or by protecting oneself by talismans, spells, or incantations.

  Bertrand Russell

  Practice, Two, Safety

  Bertrand Russell (1986). “Bertrand Russell on God and Religion”

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