Bertrand Russell Quotations | Page 4

Science, by itself cannot, supply us with an ethic.

We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him, turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness within.

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.

To us it seems that West-European civilization is civilization, but this is a narrow view.

Our use of phrase 'The Dark ages' to cover the period from 699 to 1,000 marks our undue concentration on Western Europe...

It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.

I am as drunk as a lord, but then, I am one, so what does it matter ?

To fear love is to fear life....

Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.