Bertrand Russell Quotes

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

• reason

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

• philosophy

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

• fear
• wisdom

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

• doubt

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

• thought