Bertrand Russell

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.

The modern world is so organized that if you are a decent human being, you are bound to be unhappy.

I am not a Christian. I do not believe in God or immortality.

The trouble with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

I have been accused of being a Communist, which I am not. I am a libertarian socialist.

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

Children are not born with a sense of sin, but are taught it by their parents.

I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

The universe may have a purpose, but no detectable purpose.

I have found that the greatest joy in life is to be able to do what you want to do.

I would rather be miserable than happy, if to be happy means to be stupid.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation.

There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

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.

I have lived in the world for an abominably long time.

If a man is in doubt about his own salvation, the best thing for him to do is to stop thinking about it.

I think I am a little mad sometimes.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

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