Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRSwas a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense". He was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the United Kingdom...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth18 May 1872
Bertrand Russell quotes about
I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue.
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs.
Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear.
The immense majority of intellectually eminent men disbelieve in the Christian religion, but they conceal the fact in public, because they are afraid of losing their incomes.
One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it.
Historically, it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him.
I am myself a dissenter from all known religions, and I hope that every kind of religious belief will die out.
Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.
Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless.
No opinion has ever been too errant to become a creed.
This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.