Bertrand Russell Quotes About Mysticism

• Mysticism is, in essence, little more than a certain intensity and depth of feeling in regard to what is believed about the universe.

  Bertrand Russell

  Essence, Feelings, Depth

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “Mysticism and Logic”, p.9, Bertrand Russell

• It is only in marriage with the world that our ideals can bear fruit; divorced from it, they remain barren.

  Bertrand Russell

  Life, World, Fruit

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “Mysticism and Logic”, p.15, Bertrand Russell

• Real life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible.

  Bertrand Russell

  Life, Real, Men

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “Mysticism and Logic”, p.94, Bertrand Russell

• Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have reverted to being little devils; not theological demons inspired by the evil one, but scientific Freudian abominations inspired by the unconscious.

  Bertrand Russell

  Children, Educational, Angel

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Unpopular Essays”, p.60, Routledge

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